Conflict with Highlight extension?

[Geobert]

I'm not sure where the issue is, but I'm trying to use another extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=fabiospampinato.vscode-highlight

And I want to hightlight the word TODO in a comment using this settings:

"highlight.regexes": {
        "(// ?)(TODO:?).*": {
            "filterLanguageRegex": "rust|^C.?.?",
            "decorations": [
                {},
                {
                    "fontWeight": "bold",
                    "overviewRulerColor": "#e5c07b",
                    "color": "#ffffff",
                },
            ],
        },
    },

I got my bold but not my colour (white), it seems to be overridden by syntax-highlighter

Is there a way to define an order in the highlighters?

It used to work with the default syntax highlighter

[EvgeniyPeshkov]

Hello @Geobert , welcome back (=. I've looked through vscode-highlight sources. It uses the same Decoration API as {Syntax Highlighter}. Then I've reviewed Decoration API itself one more time. There is no option to define priority of supplied decorations, or order of their application. If there was such an option, I would be glad to expose a setting. I'm afraid there is nothing I can do for now.

[Geobert]

Ok, I'll close this and open an issue in vscode :) Thanks for looking this up :)

[EvgeniyPeshkov]

You're welcome (=.

[Geobert]

for reference: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/74692

[EvgeniyPeshkov]

Hello, @Geobert , meanwhile I've found solution for this issue (=. I'll make a setting that disables {Syntax Highlighter} on comments. Then comments will be highlighter using standard tools, and other extensions could do whatever they want. It's also quite reasonable, because there are utilities to write documentation within comments like Doxygen or Sphinx. And there can be special extensions. that provide more extensive highlighting of in-comments documentation. I will reopen the issue and we will close it ones again when setting is ready (=.

[EvgeniyPeshkov]

syntax.highlightComment setting is available in the latest version. If you set it to false, {Syntax Highlighter} will skip colorization of comments and will not interfere with other extensions.

[Geobert]

it works :D Thanks! (had to restart VScode to make it work)