https://github.com/tal7aouy/vscode-rainbow-brackets

🌈 Rainbow Brackets for Visual Studio Code
https://github.com/tal7aouy/vscode-rainbow-brackets

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🌈 Rainbow Brackets for Visual Studio Code

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tal7aouy/vscode-rainbow-brackets
• Owner: tal7aouy
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-03-01T10:54:01.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-01T14:42:15.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-27T02:51:16.461Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: brackets-extension, java, javascript, python, rainbow-brackets, typescript, visual-studio-code, visual-studio-extension, vscode, vscode-extension
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 354 KB
• Stars: 44
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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 Rainbow Brackets

  


  




This extension allows matching brackets to be identified with colours. The user can define which characters to match, and which colors to use.




     

     

     

    



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- [Supported languages](#supported-languages)

- [Author's choice](#authors-choice)

- [Install](#install)

- [Screenshots](#screenshots)

- [Settings](#Settings)

- [Commands](#Commands)

- [HTML Configuration](#HTML_Configuration)

- [Release Notes](#CHANGELOG)

- [Issues Suggestions](#Issues&Suggestions)

## Supported languages

Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin, Python, Haskell, Agda, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, Erlang, Go, Groovy, Ruby, Elixir, ObjectiveC, PHP, HTML, XML, SQL, Apex language, C#, Dart, Pug/Jade, Bash, Vue.js, C# Razor Pages, GLSL(the OpenGL Shading Language), Go Template, C++, C...

## Author's choice

Rainbow Brackets + Theme + Error Lens +[Monolisa](https://www.monolisa.dev/) (Font)

## install

1. Open the extensions sidebar on Visual Studio Code

1. Search for **Rainbow Brackets**

1. Click Install

1. Click Reload to reload your editor

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## Screenshots

- Python

![](./images/python.png)

![](./images/rainbow.png)

- Typescript

![](./images/typescript.png)

- Vue

![](./images/vue.png)

## Settings

```json

// default is 200

"RainbowBrackets.timeOut":200

```

Configure how long the editor should be idle for before updating the document.

> Set to 0 to disable.

```json

"RainbowBrackets.forceUniqueOpeningColor": true | false

```

> ![Disabled](images/forceUniqueOpeningColorDisabled.png "forceUniqueOpeningColor Disabled") > ![Enabled](images/forceUniqueOpeningColorEnabled.png "forceUniqueOpeningColor Enabled")

```json

"RainbowBrackets.forceIterationColorCycle": true

```

> ![Enabled](images/forceIterationColorCycleEnabled.png "forceIterationColorCycle Enabled")

### Commands

These commands will expand/undo the cursor selection to the next scope

`"rainbow-brackets.expandBracketSelection"`  

`"rainbow-brackets.undoBracketSelection"`

Quick-start:

```json

	{

		"key": "shift+alt+right",

		"command": "rainbow-brackets.expandBracketSelection",

		"when": "editorTextFocus"

	},

	{

		"key": "shift+alt+left",

		"command": "rainbow-brackets.undoBracketSelection",

		"when": "editorTextFocus"

	}

```

### HTML_Configuration

> An example configuration for HTML is:

```json

    "RainbowBrackets.consecutivePairColors": [

    "()",

    "[]",

    "{}",

    ["teal", "yellow", "tomato"],

    "Revioletd"

  ]

```

`settings.json`

```json

{

  "editor.RainbowBrackets.enabled": true,

  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active"

}

```

Screenshot:  

![Screenshot](images/example.png "Rainbow Brackets")

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## Features

### User defined matching characters

By default (), [], and {} are matched, however custom bracket characters can also be configured.

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## [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md)

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## Issues&Suggestion

For any issues or suggestions, please use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/tal7aouy/RainbowBrackets/issues).