[ENHANCEMENT] Make extension-enforced font styling optional, off by default

[jack5github]

Is your enhancement request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am currently working on a custom theme for Visual Studio Code, and am finding it incredibly frustrating that I am unable to replace the font styles for Robot Framework with my own, as this plugin overrides them. I am also unable to override the font styling by using settings.json, only add to it.

Describe the solution you'd like
Please make all automatic font styling a setting in the extension that is off by default.

Additional context

[d-biehl]

Creating a new VS Code theme is definitely a cool project, but instead of just getting frustrated, it would be much more helpful if you described the actual problem more clearly and asked more specific questions.

Right now, it is still not clear what the concrete issue actually is. What exactly do you mean by the screenshot? What in it is wrong? What result are you expecting instead? And what have you already tried so far?

Also, are you creating this theme just for yourself, or are you planning to publish it? That would be useful to know, because it changes what kind of solution would make the most sense.

You should also keep in mind that VS Code supports semantic tokenization, and RobotCode uses that. There are quite a few moving parts in how themes, TextMate rules, semantic tokens, and editor settings interact, so this is a lot more complex than simply saying that “the plugin overrides my font style”.

As far as I know, there is currently no theme that explicitly supports Robot Framework. Because of that, RobotCode provides a few default VS Code settings so Robot Framework files get at least some reasonable styling. Those defaults only use normal VS Code theming features that are generally supported by all themes, such as bold, italic, or underline.

You can see the exact defaults here:

robotcode/package.json

Line 351 in 784632d

"configurationDefaults": {

These settings are not some custom styling system outside of VS Code. They are regular VS Code defaults, and you can override them.

If you want to inspect or change them, run the VS Code command Preferences: Open Default Settings (JSON) and search for [robotframework] or textMateRules. That should show you the relevant defaults, and from there you can override them in either your project settings or your user settings.

For example, you can start with something like this in your settings.json of the project or in your user settings:

"[robotframework]": {
  "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": false
},
"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
  "textMateRules": []
},
"editor.semanticTokenColorCustomizations": {
  "rules": {}
}

But as long as the actual problem is not described more precisely, this remains pretty vague. Please explain what exactly is not working, what the screenshot is supposed to demonstrate, what you want to achieve, and what you have already tested. Otherwise, people can only guess what you mean by “overridden styles.”