Enhanced colorization
The Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension now supports semantic colorization, when IntelliSense is enabled. Use of enhanced colorization is controlled by the C_Cpp.enhancedColorization setting. This setting is enabled by default.
"C_Cpp.enhancedColorization": "enabled"
Themes
Colors can be associated using the existing support for theming and color customization in VS Code. See the VS Code Themes documentation for more information.
Colors are associated with semantic tokens as well as TextMate scopes.
C/C++ Themes Extension
We've created a set of VS Code themes that closely resemble the default Light and Dark themes in Visual Studio, and include colors for semantic tokens. These themes can be found here.
IntelliSense Tokens and Scopes
| Token | Semantic Token name | Fallback TextMate Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Class Template | templateType | entity.name.type.class.templated |
| Enumerator | enumMember | variable.other.enummember |
| Event (C++/CLI) | event | variable.other.event |
| Function | function | entity.name.function |
| Function Template | templateFunction | entity.name.function.templated |
| Generic Type (C++/CLI) | genericType | entity.name.type.class.generic |
| Global Variable | variable.global | variable.other.global |
| Label | label | entity.name.label |
| Local Variable | variable.local | variable.other.local |
| Macro | macro | entity.name.function.preprocessor |
| Member Field | property | variable.other.property |
| Member Function | method | entity.name.function.member |
| Namespace | namespace | entity.name.namespace |
| New / Delete | newOperator | keyword.operator.new |
| Operator Overload Function | operatorOverload | entity.name.function.operator |
| Operator Overload Member | memberOperatorOverload | entity.name.function.operator.member |
| Parameter | parameter | variable.parameter |
| Property (C++/CLI) | cliProperty | variable.other.property.cli |
| Reference Type (C++/CLI) | referenceType | entity.name.type.class.reference |
| Static Member Field | property.static | variable.other.property.static |
| Static Member Function | method.static | entity.name.function.member.static |
| Type | type | entity.name.type |
| User-Defined Literal - Number | numberLiteral | entity.name.operator.custom-literal.number |
| User-Defined Literal - Raw | customLiteral | entity.name.operator.custom-literal |
| User-Defined Literal - String | stringLiteral | entity.name.operator.custom-literal.string |
| Value Type (C++/CLI) | valueType | entity.name.type.class.value |
Customizing Colors in Settings
Colors can also be overridden globally, in settings:
"editor.semanticTokenColorCustomizations": {
"rules": {
"templateType": {
"foreground": "#ff0000",
"fontStyle": "italic bold underline"
}
}
}
Or, overridden on a per-theme basis:
"editor.semanticTokenColorCustomizations": {
"[Visual Studio Dark]": {
"rules": {
"templateType": {
"foreground": "#ff0000",
"fontStyle": "italic bold underline"
}
}
}
}