redhat-developer / redhat-developer/vscode-yaml
Colons in multi-line
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Description
Text before colons in multi-line strings (> or |) should be highlighted as part of the string:
It should look like this, without the leading quote mark:
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported highlighting behavior in VS Code using multi-line YAML strings introduced with > or |, and compare it with the screenshots in the issue. Locate the syntax-highlighting implementation and its relevant tests, then verify that text before colons remains highlighted as part of the string without a leading quote mark.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100