diff --git a/apps/vscode-editor/src/theme.ts b/apps/vscode-editor/src/theme.ts
index dcce0d90..64374e69 100644
--- a/apps/vscode-editor/src/theme.ts
+++ b/apps/vscode-editor/src/theme.ts
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ export function editorThemeFromVSCode(fontFamily?: string, fontSizePx?: number)
   const theme = defaultTheme();
 
   // get vscode theme colors
-  const colors: Record<string,string> = {};
+  const colors: Record<string, string> = {};
   Object.values(document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].style)
     .forEach((rv) => {
       colors[rv] = document
         .getElementsByTagName('html')[0]
-        .style.getPropertyValue(rv)
+        .style.getPropertyValue(rv);
     }
-  );
-  
+    );
+
   const bodyCls = document.body.classList;
   const hcLight = bodyCls.contains('vscode-high-contrast-light');
   const hcDark = bodyCls.contains('vscode-high-contrast') && !hcLight;
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ export function editorThemeFromVSCode(fontFamily?: string, fontSizePx?: number)
   theme.solarizedMode = isSolarizedThemeActive();
   theme.cursorColor = colors["--vscode-editorCursor-foreground"];
   theme.selectionColor = colors["--vscode-editor-selectionBackground"];
-  theme.selectionForegroundColor = colors["--vscode-editor-selectionForeground"]
+  theme.selectionForegroundColor = colors["--vscode-editor-selectionForeground"];
   theme.nodeSelectionColor = colors["--vscode-notebook-focusedCellBorder"];
   theme.backgroundColor = colors["--vscode-editor-background"];
-  theme.metadataBackgroundColor =  theme.backgroundColor;
+  theme.metadataBackgroundColor = theme.backgroundColor;
   theme.chunkBackgroundColor = colors["--vscode-notebook-cellEditorBackground"];
   theme.spanBackgroundColor = theme.chunkBackgroundColor;
   theme.divBackgroundColor = theme.chunkBackgroundColor;
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ export function editorThemeFromVSCode(fontFamily?: string, fontSizePx?: number)
   theme.linkTextColor = colors["--vscode-textLink-foreground"];
   theme.placeholderTextColor = colors["--vscode-editorGhostText-foreground"];
   theme.invisibleTextColor = colors["--vscode-editorWhitespace-foreground"];
-  theme.markupTextColor = theme.darkMode 
-    ? colors["--vscode-charts-orange"] 
+  theme.markupTextColor = theme.darkMode
+    ? colors["--vscode-charts-orange"]
     : colors["--vscode-editorInfo-foreground"];
   theme.findTextBackgroundColor = colors["--vscode-editor-foldBackground"];
   theme.findTextBorderColor = "transparent";
-  theme.borderBackgroundColor = theme.darkMode 
+  theme.borderBackgroundColor = theme.darkMode
     ? colors["--vscode-titleBar-activeBackground"]
     : colors["--vscode-titleBar-inactiveBackground"];
   theme.gutterBackgroundColor = theme.borderBackgroundColor;
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ export function editorThemeFromVSCode(fontFamily?: string, fontSizePx?: number)
   theme.surfaceWidgetTextColor = theme.gutterTextColor;
   theme.focusOutlineColor = colors["--vscode-focusBorder"];
   theme.paneBorderColor = theme.darkMode ? colors["--vscode-commandCenter-border"] : colors["--vscode-panel-border"];
-  theme.blockBorderColor = theme.darkMode 
-  ? theme.paneBorderColor
-  : colors["--vscode-notebook-cellBorderColor"];
+  theme.blockBorderColor = theme.darkMode
+    ? theme.paneBorderColor
+    : colors["--vscode-notebook-cellBorderColor"];
   theme.hrBackgroundColor = theme.highContrast ? colors["--vscode-list-deemphasizedForeground"] : theme.blockBorderColor;
   theme.fixedWidthFont = colors["--vscode-editor-font-family"];
   theme.proportionalFont = fontFamily || defaultPrefs().fontFamily;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function editorThemeFromVSCode(fontFamily?: string, fontSizePx?: number)
     const match = editorFontSize.match(/(\d+)px/);
     fontSizePx = match ? parseInt(match[1]) : 12;
   }
-  const fontSizePt = Math.round(fontSizePx / 1.333) ;
+  const fontSizePt = Math.round(fontSizePx / 1.333);
   theme.fixedWidthFontSizePt = fontSizePt;
   theme.proportionalFontSizePt = fontSizePt + 1;
   theme.suggestWidgetBackgroundColor = colors["--vscode-editorSuggestWidget-background"];
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ export function editorThemeFromVSCode(fontFamily?: string, fontSizePx?: number)
   theme.debugStartForegroundColor = colors["--vscode-debugIcon-startForeground"];
   theme.debugStepForgroundColor = colors["--vscode-debugIcon-stepOverForeground"];
   return theme;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/apps/vscode/src/extension.ts b/apps/vscode/src/extension.ts
index b85e7e2b..a94fbdc0 100644
--- a/apps/vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/apps/vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,58 @@ import { textFormattingCommands } from "./providers/text-format";
 import { activateCodeFormatting } from "./providers/format";
 import { activateContextKeySetter } from "./providers/context-keys";
 import { ExtensionHost } from "./host";
+import path, { dirname } from "node:path";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+export function getActiveThemeName(): string | undefined {
+  return vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("workbench").get("colorTheme");
+}
+// reference: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32813#issuecomment-524174937
+// reference: https://github.com/textX/textX-LS/blob/master/client/src/utils.ts
+export function getTokenColorsForTheme(themeName: string | undefined): Map<any, any> {
+  const tokenColors = new Map();
+  if (!themeName) return tokenColors;
+  let currentThemePath;
+  for (const extension of vscode.extensions.all) {
+    const themes = extension.packageJSON.contributes && extension.packageJSON.contributes.themes;
+    const currentTheme = themes && themes.find((theme: any) => theme.id === themeName);
+    if (currentTheme) {
+      currentThemePath = path.join(extension.extensionPath, currentTheme.path);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  const themePaths = [];
+  if (currentThemePath) { themePaths.push(currentThemePath); }
+  while (themePaths.length > 0) {
+    const themePath = themePaths.pop();
+    if (themePath === undefined) return tokenColors;
+    const theme = loadJSON(themePath);
+    if (theme) {
+      if (theme.include) {
+        themePaths.push(path.join(dirname(themePath), theme.include));
+      }
+      if (theme.tokenColors) {
+        theme.tokenColors.forEach((rule: any) => {
+          if (typeof rule.scope === "string" && !tokenColors.has(rule.scope)) {
+            tokenColors.set(rule.scope, rule.settings);
+          } else if (rule.scope instanceof Array) {
+            rule.scope.forEach((scope: any) => {
+              if (!tokenColors.has(rule.scope)) {
+                tokenColors.set(scope, rule.settings);
+              }
+            });
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return tokenColors;
+}
+export function loadJSON(path: string): any {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(readFileSync(path).toString());
+  } catch { }
+}
 
 export function activateCommon(
   context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
@@ -32,6 +84,11 @@ export function activateCommon(
   engine: MarkdownEngine,
   commands?: Command[]
 ) {
+  console.log(
+    'HELLO getCurrentTheme',
+    getActiveThemeName(),
+    [...getTokenColorsForTheme(getActiveThemeName()).entries()].map(([k, v]) => [k, Object.entries(v)])
+  );
   // option enter handler
   activateOptionEnterProvider(context, engine);