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🐞 Vue JS files not receiving code coloring

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
html, javascript, swift
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue by loading a .vue file with a selected theme, then trace how the editor detects that file type and applies syntax coloring. The issue names no source file or test, so inspect the relevant language-detection and highlighting entry points. Done means .vue files receive visible code coloring without relying on manually selected settings.

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Description

bug
Description

Pretty straightforward. When I load a .vue file it's detected as default and all text is white. I've installed the Vue language server and HTML as well but I suspect that's providing code completion not just theming? Anyhow, let me know if I'm able to fix on my own.

To Reproduce
  1. Load a .vue file
  2. Make sure you've selected a theme
  3. Behold, naked white code.
Expected Behavior

Code to be colored in some form or another.

Version Information

CodeEdit: Latest, downloaded from site a few minutes ago
macOS: 26.3
Xcode: 26.4

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