Visual Studio 2010: Javascript Highlighting

Question

I'm using VisualStudio 2010 with VS.PHP. When I write or open a javascript file it is not higlighted and intellisense is not working. All I see is plain text. It seems that VS does not "identify" the javascript file. When I manually order js files to open in Script editor (in Tools > Options > Text Editor > File Extension), nothing changes. Highlighter in (in Tools > Options > Environment > Tools and colors) is set properly. Do you have any ideas how can I run highlighting? Google says nothing.

Answer 1

You probably removed the "Web Developer 2010" component when installing your Visual Studio. Or you are using one of the Express editions.

Answer 2

I've had the same problem, and I just found a solution that works for me.

• Open VS 2010
• Select Tools / Options... from the menu
• Open the Text Editor / File Extension property page
• Add an entry for the "js" file extension and set the editing experience to "Script Editor"

I still don't know why this doesn't work out of the box, but at least this fixes the issue.