microsoft / microsoft/monaco-editor
Feature request: Implement syntax highlighting support for Dart/Flutter
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Description
Feature request
Add syntax highlighting support for the Dart (and Flutter) programming language.
Official Dart VS Code extension syntax files https://github.com/Dart-Code/Dart-Code/tree/master/syntaxes
Monaco language configuration for Dart
const dartConfiguration = {
comments: {
lineComment: "//",
blockComment: [ "/*", "*/" ]
},
brackets: [
["{", "}"],
["[", "]"],
["(", ")"]
],
autoClosingPairs: [
{ open: "{", close: "}" },
{ open: "[", close: "]" },
{ open: "(", close: ")" },
{ open: "'", close: "'", notIn: ["string", "comment"] },
{ open: "\"", close: "\"", notIn: ["string"] },
{ open: "`", close: "`", notIn: ["string", "comment"] },
{ open: "/**", close: " */", notIn: ["string"] }
],
surroundingPairs: [
["{", "}"],
["[", "]"],
["(", ")"],
["<", ">"],
["'", "'"],
["\"", "\""],
["`", "`"]
]
};
Help Wanted
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the official Dart VS Code syntax files linked in the issue and the provided Monaco language configuration. Compare those definitions with Monaco's existing language support, then verify that Dart and Flutter code receives syntax highlighting and the listed comments, brackets, and auto-closing behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- dart, flutter, javascript
- Domain
- frontend, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100