Hytale UI Syntax Highlighter

Syntax highlighting and language support for Hytale .ui configuration files in Visual Studio Code.

Features

✨ Syntax Highlighting

• Variables ($Variable)
• Component templates (@TemplateName)
• Element IDs (#ElementId)
• Internationalization keys (%i18n.key)
• Hex colors (#RRGGBB)
• Comments and strings

🎨 Dark Theme

• Optimized color scheme for .ui files
• Proper contrast for readability
• Consistent with VS Code dark theme

📝 Language Configuration

• Auto-closing brackets and quotes
• Smart indentation
• Bracket matching
• Comment toggling with Ctrl+/

Installation

1. Search for "Hytale UI Syntax Highlighter" in VS Code Extensions
2. Click Install
3. .ui files will automatically be highlighted

Or install directly from the command line:

code --install-extension StealthC.hytale-ui-highlighter

Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/StealthC/hytale-ui-highlighter.git
cd hytale-ui-highlighter

File Structure

├── syntaxes/
│   └── hytale-ui.tmLanguage.json    # TextMate grammar
├── themes/
│   └── hytale-ui-dark.json          # Color theme
├── language-configuration/
│   └── hytale-ui-language-configuration.json
├── package.json
└── README.md

Testing

Open the project in VS Code and press F5 to open a new window with the extension loaded.

Publishing

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce publish

Grammar Details

The grammar recognizes Hytale UI configuration syntax:

// Variables
$C = "../Common.ui";

// Templates and components
$C.@PageOverlay {}

// Component with ID
Group #TabBar {
  LayoutMode: Top;
  
  // Element properties
  TextButton #SearchButton {
    Anchor: (Width: 100, Height: 28);
    Style: (...);
    Text: %stealthc.trademarket.gui.searchItems;
  }
}

Token Types

| Token | Example | Color | |-------|---------|-------| | Variable | $C | Blue | | Template | @PageOverlay | Orange | | ID | #TabBar | Red | | Component | TextButton | Cyan | | I18n Key | %stealthc.trademarket.gui.searchItems | Magenta | | Hex Color | #4a6a4a | Orange (bold) | | Comment | // Comment | Green (italic) | | String | "text" | Orange | | Number | 100, 28 | Green | | Boolean | true, false | Cyan (bold) |

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Author

StealthC - GitHub

For more information about Hytale, visit hytale.com