Fix missing syntax highlights for structs.

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Fixes #1433

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • GDScript syntax highlighting now recognizes globally registered and locally declared struct types.
  • Struct names are highlighted consistently with other user-defined types.
  • Variables declared inside local structs now use member-variable coloring.
  • Struct contents are identified more accurately across indented blocks, including blocks containing comments or blank lines.
  • These improvements make struct definitions and their fields easier to read and navigate in the editor.

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Walkthrough

The GDScript syntax highlighter now detects global and local structs, tracks local struct bodies, and highlights struct names and fields with the applicable syntax colors.

Changes

Struct highlighting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Local struct body discovery modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.h, modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp	Tracks lines inside local struct and struct_name bodies by indentation. The helper returns discovered local struct names using LocalVector<StringName>.
Struct highlighting integration modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp	Adds global and local struct names to class_names with usertype_color. Highlights var declarations inside tracked struct bodies as member variables.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: arctis-fireblight, generalprotectionfault

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 307e6

Some documentation strings can cause unrelated identifiers to receive struct-type coloring. This is a bounded editor-highlighting defect; ignore multiline-string contents before merging if accurate highlighting is required.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The patch implements struct name discovery for declarations and uses, including global and local structs. It tracks local struct body lines and marks var fields as member variables. It does not add …	Add syntax-highlighting support for the struct keyword. Add automated coverage for the keyword, struct name definitions, inner members, and struct instantiation.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding missing syntax highlighting for GDScript structs.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp and modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.h. Struct name discovery and struct member highlighting directly suppor…

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Explanation

The patch implements struct name discovery for declarations and uses, including global and local structs. It tracks local struct body lines and marks var fields as member variables. It does not add handling for the struct keyword. The keyword-highlighting path remains unchanged, so one required case in issue #1433 remains unmet. No automated tests appear in the changed files.

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In `@modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp`:
- Around line 757-758: The struct-name highlighting setup around
_get_local_struct_names and _get_line_syntax_highlighting_impl must also
recognize field declarations inside struct bodies. Set in_member_variable when a
var declaration occurs in a struct context so the declared value receives
member_variable_color instead of the default identifier color, while preserving
existing local-variable highlighting outside structs.

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🟡 Minor · Ignore struct-like lines inside multiline strings. · gdscript_highlighter.cpp:991-995

modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp:991-995
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Ignore struct-like lines inside multiline strings.

_get_local_struct_names() scans raw lines without tracking multiline string regions. A content line beginning with struct Name: or struct_name Name can add Name to class_names. Later code identifiers named Name then receive user-type highlighting.

Track multiline string regions before matching declarations, or parse only code tokens.

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In `@modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp` around lines 991 - 995,
Update _get_local_struct_names() to track multiline string regions while
scanning lines, and skip struct or struct_name declaration matching for lines
inside those strings. Preserve detection of actual declarations in code so only
valid local struct names are added to class_names.

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In `@modules/gdscript/editor/gdscript_highlighter.cpp`:
- Around line 991-995: Update _get_local_struct_names() to track multiline
string regions while scanning lines, and skip struct or struct_name declaration
matching for lines inside those strings. Preserve detection of actual
declarations in code so only valid local struct names are added to class_names.

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