Missing colors in code editor Visual Studio 2013

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Is it just me, or am I missing some colors in my editor? Just noticed and now it annoys the h*ck out of me. No color

I'm running VS2013 with Resharper 8 and the default Light theme provdied with it

Aren't reference types and user-defined objects usually highlighted in their own colour? — James Wright, Nov 22 '13 at 13:06
I might be wrong here, or it might be some plugin I've used in VS2012, but should'nt for instance "OperationDataSource" be shaded in a light green-ish? Checked on a colleagues machine with identical setup, and he has the green coloring. Makes we wonder what else is missing in regards to color. — Nicklas Pouey-Winger, Nov 22 '13 at 13:10
Try recompiling or verifying if the OperationDataSource type can be seen by the assembly you are working on. Does this happen with any file or just in this case? — Sebastian Piu, Nov 22 '13 at 13:12
Just rebooted, cleaned solution, rebuild and still no luck. As I mentioned above, a colleague with identical setup just cloned the solution and he has the colors I'm missing. It's also in all my files @SebastianPiu. :/ — Nicklas Pouey-Winger, Nov 22 '13 at 13:17

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '13 at 17:50

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It looks like you're missing the color setting for User Types:

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No idea why they're not set by the profile settings. The defaults for this color are: Hue 129, Sat 145, Lum 103, R 43, G 145, B 175.

answered Nov 22 '13 at 17:50

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maybe he imported some settings or a plugin changed the default settings. Its an easy thing to fix. – string.Empty Nov 22 '13 at 17:54
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Thanks. I'll try that. Only one somewhat stupid question. Where do I change this? Tried Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors but could not find "User Types" when "Text Editor" was selected from the dropdown. – Nicklas Pouey-Winger Nov 23 '13 at 12:34
@NicklasWinger hm, you're looking in the right place. If it's not there, then that's probably why it's not working. I don't know how those items get registered; have you tried doing a repair of VS? – Jimmy Nov 23 '13 at 20:03
Thanks @Jimmy. Definitely something going on here. I'll give it a try once I get back to the office tomorrow! – Nicklas Pouey-Winger Nov 24 '13 at 10:11

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Found the solution to my problem by following the accepted answer in this SO post. Thank you so much for your help and suggestions.

For the record (Note OperationDataSources()) : enter image description here

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Nov 25 '13 at 09:48

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 13 '17 at 22:35

You have to be aware when adding extensions to a visual studio code, as for example .h .cpp .cu and many other code based files. Visual Studio will most likely just show you no code colors.

You can add extensions in the options from Tools-Opions, and add specific code type to any file that you already changed with explorer for example to notepad or wordpad.

Missing colors in code editor Visual Studio 2013

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