Is there a way to italicize comments in Visual Studio Code?

Question

I'm using Visual Studio Code version 1.11.2. I need to be able to see italicized comments in any language file, or at least JavaScript, Python, C, and C++. Is there a general setting for that or is there a programmatic way I can achieve that at the moment?

Answer 1

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Victor. Putting this in my settings file (Visual Studio Code 1.42.1) did the trick:

"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {   "textMateRules": [     {       "scope": "comment",       "settings": {         "fontStyle": "italic"       }     }   ] } 

You can see selector scopes by pressing ctrl/cmd + shift + p, and looking for Developer: Inspect Editor Tokens and Scopes.

You can apply settings to multiple scopes by providing an array:

"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {   "textMateRules": [     {       "name": "Comment",       "scope": [         "comment",         "comment.block",         "comment.block.documentation",         "comment.line",         "comment.line.double-slash",         "punctuation.definition.comment",       ],       "settings": {         "fontStyle": "italic",         // "fontStyle": "italic underline",         // "fontStyle": "italic bold underline",       }     },   ] }, 

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