HashTable Key TextMate Scope Priority

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Reproduce the example in VS Code with the shown PowerShell hashtable and inspect the TextMate scopes applied to keys and variables. Start by locating the syntax definitions for hashtable assignments and the variable scope precedence. Done means hash keys can receive a distinct color from variables without breaking the surrounding highlighting.

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Description

Summary of the new feature / enhancement
  1. Open VS Code
  2. Open a PowerShell File
  3. Copy the following into the file:
@{
    'string' = 'value'
    name     = funcName
    key      = $Variable
}

Result:
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Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Currently the 'variable' TextMate scope is a higher precedence than the 'meta' scope so setting the meta.hashtable.assignment.powershell scope to a different color is overwritten by the variable scope.

Trying to get a the hash key to be a different color than variables

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