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Rainbow Parens Plugin

Help query: "What does the rainbow-parens plugin do?" / "How do I use rainbow-parens in Volt?"

The rainbow-parens plugin colors matching delimiters by nesting depth using tree-sitter. Toggle it on or off when the rainbow effect helps (or distracts).

Package namerainbow-parens
Moduleuser/rainbow_parens.rs

What it does

  • Highlight nested brackets with depth-based colors
  • Toggle rainbow delimiter highlighting

Commands

CommandDescription
rainbow.parens.toggleToggles rainbow delimiter highlighting.

Keybindings

ChordCommandScope
leader rp (default Space)rainbow.parens.toggleWorkspace (Normal)

Notes

Enablement can also be driven by ui.rainbow_parens_enabled in config.

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