Regex to match file types in Productivity Power Tools-plugin

Question

In the Visual Studio 2012 "Productivity Power Tools" plugin you can configure file tabs to be color coded based on regular expressions. Im trying to match different file-types, like .less .cshtml, to have different colors but cant get it to work. Ive tried .*\.cshtml for example.. What regex should I use to target .less and cshtml?

Answer 1

Follow the next steps:

1. Go to Tools -> Options
2. Go to Productivity Power Tools -> Custom Document Well -> General
3. Make sure that you have checked the following 2 checkboxes:
   • Color tabs by regular expression
   • Regular expression colors have precedence over project colors
4. Go to Productivity Power Tools -> Custom Document Well -> Color Coding

5. At the end of the list, in the new row, in the RegEx/Project column, add (this will match both file types):

   .*\.less|.*\.cshtml
   

6. Choose a color in the Tab Color column and click OK to save the settings

That's it.