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mike-ward
Color-settings broken after VS-restart
VS 2015: If you change the color-settings and restart the studio the default colors will be taken again. You have to open the VSColorOutput options via Tools -> Options -> VSColorOutput again and hit "Ok" without any change (the new color is restored in settings correctly). After the OK-click the output window gets updated correct immediately.
I'm not entirely sure I'm following this. Here's what I did
- start VS2015
- Open project and build
- Go to VSColorOutput options, change "Build Message" color to purple.
- Click OK to close dialog.
- Restart Visual Studio
- Open project and build
In my test the "Build Message" color is purple as expected. Is this the sequence of steps you're describing?
I have the same problem. Open VS -> Open project -> Build -> Output has default colors -> Openning VSColorOutput settings and they are loaded correctly (with different Build color than default) -> Hit OK to confirm -> Build -> Output colors are correct now with defferent Build color -> Restart VS -> Open project -> Build -> Output has default colors.
So VSColorOutput Settings are loading correctly when showed for change. But colors are not loaded correctly from the start of VS.
Do you need any help with debugging more?
@mike-ward Your steps where right. You only missed the restart of the studio. Just wanted to answer your question :-). @jakubsuchybio described my issue completely correct.
Second from last step is "Restart Visual Studio"
Seriously guys, I can't repro this. I change colors, they stick, even after restarting VS. It's actually pretty easy to debug this. Maybe you could step through the code and see where I went wrong.
Please check if this is resolved in 2.2.1 https://github.com/mike-ward/VSColorOutput/releases/tag/v2.2.1
I have to correct my last posting. The behavior is slightly different now. When I go to Tools -> Options ->VSColorOutput the colors are corrected immediately (without hitting "OK" in the VS-option dialog). So something has changed.
Yes, that changed. With opening subtree of VSColorOutput it corrects colors. But still doesn't work after start of VS2015.
@mike-ward Can you tell us if this will be solved in the near future? Thx!
Hi, I got it somehow magically working and I didn't even do anything to it :D I only changed settings on my BuildVision plugin to not show up at build startup, so Ouput window is showing at build startup and it have correct colors that I have in settings.
I've recognized that the color settings are restored when I open my VS in light mode. This error only occurs when I set the VS to dark mode and re-start it won't restore the colors from settings.
Without a reproducible scenario here, there's not much I can do. It's relatively easy to debug in VS2015. Perhaps you can find it?
Ok! I placed a little GIF ani to show the steps. Keep in mind, that my problem only occurs in dark theme. First you see my VS after I opened it and hit play once. As you can see, the Info-Style is the default dark blue. I then switch to Tools -> Options -> VSColorOutput. You can see, that I set Information to CornflowerBlue. When I now hit OK (without changing any option really) VS will correct my output window and this will work until the next VS restart.
Funny thing: When I'm in Light or Blue Theme (in other words if the background of the output window is light colored), CornflowerBlue is applied at startup without any problems.
I guess VSColorOutput initializes incorrect when dark theme is selected.
You can edit the settings file directly (it's json) and set your colors there.
@mike-ward Which settings file do you mean? Just to clear that out: The settings are shown and restored correctly when you enter the settings dialog. They are just not assinged to the studio after a restart before you hit ok when it is in dark mode. I dont' understand what changing the settings in the JSON could change.
I was referring to settings where the colors are stored in the AppData folder.
So the issue is the colors are "remembered" but don't affect the output window until you visit the VSColorOutput settings dialog and press OK. This occurs only in the dark theme. Is this correct?
Assuming that it is, I can't repro it. I switched to the dark theme, changed the build messages to Orange. Restart VS. Load same project. Build. Output window has Orange build messages.
I'll run in dark theme for the next couple of days to see if I notice anything..
There was a bug a while back about a crash on C++ projects. That eventually came down to a collision with another extension and it was something the other extension maker had to fix (Kudos to them for fixing this). It's possible there's a similar problem with here.
Can you list the extensions you're using?
I think ReSharper may be related, I've seen color "race conditions" with it before.
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015 Version 14.0.25123.00 Update 2 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.6.01038
Installed Version: Community
Visual Basic 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA767 Microsoft Visual Basic 2015
Visual C# 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA767 Microsoft Visual C# 2015
Visual C++ 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA767 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015
Visual F# 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA767 Microsoft Visual F# 2015
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 - ENU 00322-20000-00000-AA767 Windows Phone SDK 8.0 - ENU
Advanced Installer Extension 12.5 Advanced Installer Extension. For more information visit the Advanced Installer website at www.advancedinstaller.com. Copyright © Caphyon LTD. All rights reserved.
Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package 5.2.60328.3 Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015 (RC1 Update 1) 14.1.20203.0 ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015 (RC1 Update 1)
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2012.2 4.1.41102.0 For additional information, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309563
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2013 5.2.40314.0 For additional information, visit http://www.asp.net/
Azure App Service Tools v2.8.1 14.0.11123.0 Azure App Service Tools v2.8.1
Common Azure Tools 1.7 Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.
DataFactoryProject 1.0 Microsoft Data Factory Package
EmojiVS 1.0 GitHub Emojis in Visual Studio
GitHub.VisualStudio 1.0 A Visual Studio Extension that brings the GitHub Flow into Visual Studio.
HLSL Tools for Visual Studio 0.9.42 Enhanced support for editing HLSL in Visual Studio
JavaScript Language Service 2.0 JavaScript Language Service
JavaScript Project System 2.0 JavaScript Project System
JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate 2016.1.2 Build 105.0.20160522.80219 JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate package for Microsoft Visual Studio. For more information about ReSharper Ultimate, visit http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper. Copyright © 2016 JetBrains, Inc.
Microsoft Azure Data Factory Node Node 1.0 Azure Data Factory extension for Visual Studio Server Explorer.
Microsoft Azure HDInsight HQL Service 2.0.6000.0 Language service for Hive query
Microsoft Azure HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio 2.0.6000.0 An integrated development environment for HDInsight application development.
Microsoft Azure Mobile Services Tools 1.4 Microsoft Azure Mobile Services Tools
Microsoft Azure Tools 2.7 Microsoft Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 - v2.7.30818.1601
Microsoft Azure Tools 2.8 Microsoft Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 - v2.8.31121.1
NuGet Package Manager 3.4.1 NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit http://docs.nuget.org/.
PreEmptive Analytics Visualizer 1.2 Microsoft Visual Studio extension to visualize aggregated summaries from the PreEmptive Analytics product.
Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.2.40315.00 Python Tools for Visual Studio provides IntelliSense, projects, templates, Interactive windows, and other support for Python developers.
Python Tools for Visual Studio - Django Integration 2.2.40315.00 Provides templates and integration for the Django web framework.
Python Tools for Visual Studio - Profiling Support 2.2.40315.00 Profiling support for Python projects.
ShowMyGitBranch 1.0 Displays the name of your current git branch in Visual Studio's title bar.
SQL Server Data Tools 14.0.60311.1 Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools
StopOnFirstBuildError 1.0 StopOnFirstBuildError
Stops a solution build immediately after a project has failed to build.
http://tech.einaregilsson.com/2011/01/06/stop-build-on-first-error-in-visual-studio-2010/
TargetFrameworkMigrator 1.0 Bulk Change .Net Projects Target Frameworks
TortoiseGitToolbar 1.0 Lightweight toolbar for launching commonly used TortoiseGit functionality from within Visual Studio.
TypeScript 1.8.31.0 TypeScript tools for Visual Studio
Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows Apps 14.0.25123.00 The Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows apps allow you to build a single universal app experience that can reach every device running Windows 10: phone, tablet, PC, and more. It includes the Microsoft Windows 10 Software Development Kit.
VSColorOutput 2.4 Color output for build and debug windows - http://mike-ward.net/vscoloroutput
VsVim 2.1.0.0 VsVim is a Vim emulator for Visual Studio
I run Resharper as well.
I was thinking of loading the same extensions to try and reproduce the issue but that list is longer than I expected.
Next time you do a fresh install, Load VSColorOuput first and see if the issue persists.
@mike-ward Sorry for the delay. Here ist the list of my extensions:
Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 Version 14.0.25123.00 Update 2 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.6.01038
Installed Version: Enterprise
Architecture and Modeling Tools 00322-80000-00000-AA491 Microsoft Architecture and Modeling Tools
UML® and Unified Modeling Language™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Object Management Group, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2015 00322-80000-00000-AA491 Microsoft LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2015
Visual Basic 2015 00322-80000-00000-AA491 Microsoft Visual Basic 2015
Visual C# 2015 00322-80000-00000-AA491 Microsoft Visual C# 2015
Visual C++ 2015 00322-80000-00000-AA491 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015
Windows Phone SDK 8.0 - ENU 00322-80000-00000-AA491 Windows Phone SDK 8.0 - ENU
Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package 5.206.60517.2 Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1 14.1.20512.0 ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2012.2 4.1.41102.0 For additional information, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309563
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2013 5.2.40314.0 For additional information, visit http://www.asp.net/
Azure App Service Tools v2.9 14.0.20316.0 Azure App Service Tools v2.9
Azure Data Lake Node 1.0 This package contains the Data Lake integration nodes for Server Explorer.
Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio 2.0.6000.0 Microsoft Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio
Bundler & Minifier 1.9.155 Adds support for bundling and minifying JavaScript, CSS and HTML files in any project.
Common Azure Tools 1.7 Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.
Crystal Reports for .NET Framework
Crystal Reports for .NET Framework
GitHub.VisualStudio 1.0 A Visual Studio Extension that brings the GitHub Flow into Visual Studio.
Infragistics Version Utility 1.0 This utility lets you set the Infragistics version that a specific project is using.
Infragistics.ColorTuner 1.0 Infragistics Color Tuner for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. For more information visit http://www.infragistics.com
Infragistics.VSExtension 1.0 Infragistics Visual Studio Extension (AddIn) adds scheduled check for update functionality to your Visual Studio IDE. It also provides some fast shortcuts to infragistics products and online resources.
JavaScript Language Service 2.0 JavaScript Language Service
JavaScript Project System 2.0 JavaScript Project System
JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate 2015.1 Build 102.0.20150408.145317 JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate package for Microsoft Visual Studio. For more information about ReSharper Ultimate, visit http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper. Copyright © 2016 JetBrains, Inc.
Microsoft .NET Core Tools (Preview 1) 14.1.20512.0 Microsoft .NET Core Tools (Preview 1)
Microsoft Azure HDInsight HQL Service 2.0.6000.0 Language service for Hive query
Microsoft Azure HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio 2.0.6000.0 An integrated development environment for HDInsight application development.
Microsoft Azure Mobile Services Tools 1.4 Microsoft Azure Mobile Services Tools
Microsoft Azure Tools 2.9 Microsoft Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 - v2.9.40323.3
NuGet Package Manager 3.4.3 NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio. For more information about NuGet, visit http://docs.nuget.org/.
Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015 ENU 14.0.23928 Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015 ENU
PreEmptive Analytics Visualizer 1.2 Microsoft Visual Studio extension to visualize aggregated summaries from the PreEmptive Analytics product.
SlowCheetah - XML config transforms 1.0 This package enables you to transform your app.config or any other XML file based on the build configuration. It also adds additional tooling to help you create XML transforms.
SQL Server Data Tools 14.0.60311.1 Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools
Syntax Visualizer 1.0 An extension for visualizing Roslyn SyntaxTrees.
ToolWindowHostedEditor 1.0 Hosting json editor into a tool window
TypeScript 1.8.30.0 TypeScript tools for Visual Studio
Typewriter 1.0 Provides automatic TypeScript Template generation from C# source files
Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows Apps 14.0.25208.00 The Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows apps allow you to build a single universal app experience that can reach every device running Windows 10: phone, tablet, PC, and more. It includes the Microsoft Windows 10 Software Development Kit.
VSColorOutput 2.4 Color output for build and debug windows - http://mike-ward.net/vscoloroutput
WakaTime 1.0
Web Compiler 1.11.315 Compiler for LESS, Sass and CoffeeScript files
Web Essentials 2015.2 2.0.214 Adds many useful features to Visual Studio for web developers. Requires Visual Studio 2015
Workflow Manager Tools 1.0 1.0 This package contains the necessary Visual Studio integration components for Workflow Manager.
Xamarin 4.0.3.214 (0dd817c) Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.
Xamarin Inspector Support 0.7.1.0 (545e74c) Adds support for inspecting Xamarin and WPF apps.
Xamarin.Android 6.0.3.5 (a94a03b) Visual Studio plugin to enable development for Xamarin.Android.
Xamarin.iOS 9.6.1.8 (3a25bf1) Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS.
A default install has a lot of extensions...
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016, 13:52 Mike Ward [email protected] wrote:
I'm starting to feel extension poor in use of VS 😞
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@mike-ward Maybe it's a problem with Output window being open from start. I see that you described building project to see that colors are ok. Can you try to set your VS window layout to open Output window at startup (open and pinned, not hidden).
I'm also using dark theme and ReSharper.
I can debug the extension if required, can you provide me with a link to instructions on how to do it?
@AleksandarDev, @mike-ward That makes sense. I think that the initialization gets somehow overwritten when one uses a different theme. Could it be possible that a theme initializes after VSColorOutput and thus simply overwrites the output window? This would explain the behavior.
This is fixed in VS2017 for me, can someone check if this is still a problem in 15?