Codelens inline metadata readability is poor
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- JavaScript
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Description
Problem
When working on e.g. an unity project which uses c# scripts, the inline meta data has the same color as the variable name. This becomes hard to read when the variable does not have an access modifier:
Rose Pine:
Proposal
As a solution we could set the color of the inline meta data to the same grey as the breadcrumbs text color.
Default Dark Theme:
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 locating the VS Code theme color definitions for inline metadata and breadcrumb text, then compare them with the examples in the issue. The work is done when inline metadata uses a distinct grey that improves readability for C# and Unity projects without reducing contrast.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, unity, vscode
- Domain
- design
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 65/100