Visual Studio provides language support in the editor by using TextMate Grammars. Installing specialized support for some languages may provide additional language support, such as IntelliSense or other advanced language features like light bulbs. Visual Studio provides Navigate To support for the following languages.Īll of these file types have the features described earlier even if support for a given language hasn't yet been installed. This feature enables you to quickly search code files, file paths, and code symbols. In addition to syntax colorization and basic statement completion, Visual Studio also has a feature called Navigate To.

If your favorite language isn't in the table, though, don't worry-you can add it. Visual Studio currently provides syntax colorization and basic statement completion support for the following languages using TextMate Grammars. Statement completion can help you write code more quickly and easily. In addition, when you begin to enter a known language keyword or object, statement completion displays a list of possible statements and objects. The Visual Studio editor automatically applies syntax colorization to any language it supports. For example, remarks in the code are colored green, code is black, paths are red, and statements are blue. The following screenshot shows an example of editing a Perl script in Visual Studio. Syntax colorization, statement completion, and Navigate To supportįeatures in the Visual Studio editor such as syntax colorization, statement completion (also known as IntelliSense), and Navigate To can help you more easily write, read, and edit your code. Learn about how the Visual Studio editor supports reading and navigating through different computer languages and how you can add Visual Studio editor support for other languages. Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Code

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