Color.Token

Visual Studio extension: Color C++ and Unreal Engine Tokens.

Status

Branch	Build Status
2022
2019
2017

Description

Extension adds options to overwrite colors of certain C++ Tokens.
Extension works in files of ContentType "C/C++", eg .cpp or .h files.

Usage

New entries will appear in Tools → Options → Environment → Fonts and Colors → Text Editor.
Each will begin with C++ Token: or Unreal C++ Token prefix.

• Edit their color values, until you want to keep extension default ones (listed below).
• If you don't want to change some token's color at all, set it's Item foreground value to Automatic.

Preview

Default Tokens without extension	Color Tokens with extension enabled

Option

New entry will appear in Tools → Options → Color.Token.

Color macros (bool, default: false)

Color macros which text is exact as tokens (eg color bool macro defined by stdbool.h header in C).
This option must be enabled in order to color Unreal Engine tokens.

Note

Note that editing option does not take immediate effect to keep performance.
It requires reclassification, eg triggered by editing corresponding part of code.

List of Tokens

Extension exposes following Tokens for customization:

• All macros, unconditionally, if option Color macros is enabled
• All keywords, except:
  • Keywords that provide an alternative way to represent standard tokens, eg xor_eq (trigraphs are removed)
  • register keyword (it's unused)
• Identifiers with special meaning, except:
  • Identifiers used as contract-level in Contract Attributes, except default (it's also a keyword)

Full list of customizable Tokens, with their default colors:

C++

Token	Type	Color	RGB (0 – 255)
alignas	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
alignof	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
asm	Assembler	Purple	200, 176, 224
atomic_cancel	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
atomic_commit	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
atomic_noexcept	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
auto	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
bool	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
break	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
case	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
catch	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
char	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
char8_t	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
char16_t	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
char32_t	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
class	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
concept	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
const	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
consteval	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
constexpr	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
constinit	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
const_cast	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
continue	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
co_await	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
co_return	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
co_yield	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
decltype	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
default (function definition)	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
default (switch statement)	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
delete	Important	Red	224, 128, 128
do	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
double	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
dynamic_cast	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
else	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
enum	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
explicit	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
export	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
extern	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
false	Static	Red	224, 128, 128
final	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
float	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
for	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
friend	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
goto	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
if	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
import	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
inline	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
int	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
long	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
module	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
mutable	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
namespace	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
new	Important	Red	224, 128, 128
noexcept	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
nullptr	Static	Red	224, 128, 128
operator	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
override	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
private	Access	Dark Red	176, ​ 80, ​ 80
protected	Access	Dark Yellow	176, 176, ​ 80
public	Access	Dark Green	​ 80, 176, ​ 80
reflexpr	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
reinterpret_cast	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
requires	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
return	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
short	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
signed	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
sizeof	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
static	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
static_assert	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
static_cast	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
struct	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
switch	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
synchronized	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
template	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
this	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
thread_local	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
throw	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
transaction_safe	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
transaction_safe_dynamic	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
true	Static	Red	224, 128, 128
try	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224
typedef	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
typeid	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
typename	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
union	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
unsigned	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
using	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
virtual	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
void	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
volatile	Keyword	Blue	128, 176, 224
wchar_t	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
while	Flow	Violet	128, 128, 224

Unreal Engine

Token	Type	Color	RGB (0 – 255)
int8	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
int16	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
int32	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
int64	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
uint8	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
uint16	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
uint32	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
uint64	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
FRotator	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
FString	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
FText	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
FTransform	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
FVector	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128
FVector2D	Type	Lime	176, 224, 128

If Unreal Engine tokens are not colorized, add Unreal macros to the cpp.hint file for Intellisense.

Notes

• asm can be preceded or followed by up to two underscore characters (U+005F, _), eg __asm.
• default (switch statement) means default keyword is followed by : (possibly after whitespaces).

Older versions

2019

• Branch: 2019
• Release: 1.3.0.2+2019
• Download: Color.Token.vsix
• Marketplace: Color.Token (2019)

2017

• Branch: 2017
• Release: 1.3.1.1+2017
• Download: Color.Token.vsix
• Marketplace: Color.Token (2017)