Differentiate Keys from String Values

[rajadain]

Hello,

Currently, JSON highlighting on GitHub does not differentiate keys from string values. For example, the following:

{
  "parentShape": "{\"type\":\"MultiPolygon\",\"coordinates\":[[[[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906],[-75.25531768798828,39.94514735903112],[-75.22785186767578,39.89446035777916],[-75.1461410522461,39.88761144548104],[-75.09309768676758,39.91078961774283],[-75.09464263916016,39.93817189499188],[-75.12039184570312,39.94435771955196],[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906]]]]}",
  "childShapes": [
    "{\"type\":\"MultiPolygon\",\"coordinates\":[[[[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906],[-75.25531768798828,39.94514735903112],[-75.22785186767578,39.89446035777916],[-75.1461410522461,39.88761144548104],[-75.09309768676758,39.91078961774283],[-75.09464263916016,39.93817189499188],[-75.12039184570312,39.94435771955196],[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906]]]]}",
    "{\"type\":\"MultiPolygon\",\"coordinates\":[[[[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906],[-75.25531768798828,39.94514735903112],[-75.22785186767578,39.89446035777916],[-75.1461410522461,39.88761144548104],[-75.09309768676758,39.91078961774283],[-75.09464263916016,39.93817189499188],[-75.12039184570312,39.94435771955196],[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906]]]]}",
    "{\"type\":\"MultiPolygon\",\"coordinates\":[[[[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906],[-75.25531768798828,39.94514735903112],[-75.22785186767578,39.89446035777916],[-75.1461410522461,39.88761144548104],[-75.09309768676758,39.91078961774283],[-75.09464263916016,39.93817189499188],[-75.12039184570312,39.94435771955196],[-75.1626205444336,39.95580659996906]]]]}"
  ],
  "streamLines": "{\"type\":\"MultiLineString\",\"coordinates\":[[[-75.1436574074125,39.9180092592633],[-75.1437500000051,39.9180092592633],[-75.1438425925977,39.9181018518559],[-75.1439351851903,39.9181944444485],[-75.1439351851903,39.918287037041]]]}",
  "operations": [
    {
      "type": "RasterGroupedCount",
      "rasters": [
        "nlcd-2011-30m-epsg5070-512-int8",
        "ssurgo-hydro-groups-30m-epsg5070-512-int8"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "RasterLinesJoin",
      "rasters": [
        "nlcd-2011-30m-epsg5070-512-int8"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "RasterGroupedCount",
      "rasters": [
        "us-groundwater-nitrogen-30m-epsg5070-512"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "RasterGroupedAverage",
      "targetRaster": "us-ssurgo-aws100-30m-epsg5070-512",
      "rasters": [
        "us-groundwater-nitrogen-30m-epsg5070-512"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "RasterGroupedCount",
      "rasters": [
        "nlcd-2011-30m-epsg5070-512-int8",
        "us-percent-slope-30m-epsg5070-512"
      ],
    },
    {
      "type": "RasterGroupedAverage",
      "targetRaster": "us-percent-slope-30m-epsg5070-512",
      "rasters": []
    },
    {
      "type": "RasterGroupedAverage",
      "targetRaster": "us-ssugro-kfactor-30m-epsg5070-512",
      "rasters": [
        "nlcd-2011-30m-epsg5070-512-int8"
      ]
    },
  ]
}

is very difficult to read. Here is what it looks like on my computer today:

Compare this to how it looks in, say, Atom:

The colors make a big difference.

After doing some research, I found this issue: github-linguist/linguist#3026 in the GitHub Linguist repo, and this final comment: github-linguist/linguist#3026 (comment) by @pchaigno recommended making an issue for this discussion here.

I would very much like to see colors like the above in GitHub when viewing JSON documents, and want to start that discussion. If this is not the appropriate place for it, please let me know where would be better and I'll make an issue there.

Thank you.

[apptomorrow]

• 1

[TimidRobot]

Until this is fixed, there are some workarounds documented here: How to style JSON block in Github Wiki? - Stack Overflow