util.styleText(): Combining multiple styles in a single string?

[rauschma]

What is the problem this feature will solve?

Currently, using multiple styles with util.styleText() is slightly verbose:

console.log(
  util.styleText('bold', util.styleText('red', 'Bold and red!')),
); 

What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?

Maybe multiple styles per format string could be supported – e.g.:

console.log(
  util.styleText('bold+red', 'Bold and red!'),
); 

Downside: It would make autocomplete in IDEs less straightforward if not impossible.

[marco-ippolito]

what about passing an array?

util.styleText(['bold', 'red'], 'Bold and red!')

[rauschma]

Good idea! Same pros and autocomplete works.

[ai]

Seems like we need also to add types to @types/node

[steffen-4s1]

Seems like we need also to add types to @types/node

Work is in progress -> #69212