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Improper highlighting of braces when there is a comment

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#2,621 opened on Oct 1, 2022

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Description

Environment

  • TeXstudio: 4.3.1
  • Qt: 6.3.1
  • OS: Windows 10

Expected behavior

In the editor, when the cursor is moved to a brace that is not commented out, the brace and the matching brace, which is also not commented out, are highlighted.

Example for the bug

Consider

{%}
}

Here, when I move the cursor to the first brace, this brace and the commented out brace are highlighted instead of that in the second line.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the brace matching algorithm in the editor, specifically how comments are handled. Look for code that skips commented braces when finding matching pairs.
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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