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Curly Bracket Scope Highlighter

Curly Bracket Scope Highlighter

Aleksandr-dev

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Visual Studio Code extension that highlights nested code scopes with a gradient overlay, making code structure more readable.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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🌟 Curly Bracket Scope Highlighter

🔍 A VS Code extension that highlights nested code scopes with a dynamic gradient overlay, enhancing code readability. Now featuring:

  • Dynamic Gradient Highlighting: The deeper the code nesting, the lighter the highlight becomes.
  • Enhanced Dictionary & JSON Separation: Visually distinguishes nested dictionaries and JSON objects for clearer data structure visualization.
  • Improved Visual Orientation: Helps you quickly orient yourself in deeply nested code blocks by using gradient highlights.

✨ Features

✅ Dynamic Gradient Highlighting – Highlights nested code blocks with a gradient that lightens as the nesting increases.
✅ Enhanced Dictionary & JSON Separation – Clearly distinguishes nested dictionaries and JSON objects, making data structures easier to read.
✅ Improved Visual Orientation – Visual gradient highlights make it easier to orient yourself in deeply nested code and distinguish between different blocks.
✅ Customizable – Easily adjust colors, opacity settings in VS Code (Ctrl+,).

🛠 Installation

  1. Open VS Code.
  2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X).
  3. Search for Curly Bracket Scope Highlighter.
  4. Click Install.

👉 Or install directly from the VS Code Marketplace.

The scopes will be highlighted as you work, helping you quickly understand your code’s structure.

⚙️ Configuration

Customize the extension settings in VS Code Settings (Ctrl+,) or add the following to your settings.json:

{
  "curly-scope-highlighter.highlightColor": "255, 0, 0", // RGB color
  "curly-scope-highlighter.opacity": 0.1 // Float opacity
}

🛠 Contributing

[gitHub][https://github.com/Aleksandr51r/VSCE-Curly-Bracket-Scope-Highlighter]

This is an open-source project, and contributions are welcome! 🎉

  • Found a bug? Report an issue.
  • Have an idea? Submit a feature request.
  • Want to improve it? Fork the repo and create a pull request.

Check out the Contributing Guide for details.

📝 Changelog

1.0.0

  • 🎉 Initial release with gradient-based scope highlighting.

📜 License

MIT


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