CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2010
jcvandan
jcvandan

Reputation: 14314

Custom syntax highlighting in Visual Studio 2010 in a html file

Is it possible to create syntax highlighting for custom defined words in known file type?

For example I want to have VS text editor color the tags <@ and @> a specified color when viewed in a html file.

Can you do this, and if so then how is it possible?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1947

Answers (1)

Rob
Rob

Reputation: 355

Yes, well, certainly this is possible for C++ files and files that Visual Studio recognises; so if VS is set up to recognise your HTML as C++ files you should be good.

You will need to create a usertype.dat file and place it in your

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE

folder (or equivalent for VS2010, this is for VS2008)

This file should have the keywords you want listed separately on each line;

for example; I develop with Qt and I have a usertype.dat file as:

signal
slots
Q_OBJECT

(and so on)

Restart VS and your keywords will be highlighted.

I got the info from here and verified it on my system.

Upvotes: 4

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