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Function Calls missing Syntax Highlighting in latest Visual Studio 2022

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
design

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Visual Studio 17.9.4 or 17.9.5 with the Dracula extension, using the method-call example shown in the report and comparing it with the default Dark theme. Done means method calls such as Begin are syntax-highlighted consistently with method declarations through both the official extension and manually installed VSIX.

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Description

After updating Visual Studio to the latest version I no longer have syntax highlighting for method calls

Here's a screenshot of the default "Dark" theme. Notice the method calls like _spriteBatch.Begin() have "Begin" highlighted.
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Here's a screenshot of the same code with "Dracula" theme applied. Previously the method calls would be the same green as the method declaration, but now they have no syntax highlighting.
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I'm not sure what version of Visual Studio I was on before updating that had correct coloring, but I am seeing this issue on the latest versions (17.9.4 and 17.9.5). I have tried installing dracula from the official Visual Studio Extension, as well as manually installing through the vsix file and both experience the same issue.

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