Automatic Delimiter Highlighting
Menu: Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> General
Versions: 2008,2010
Published: 9/7/2010
Code: vstipEdit0071
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You have probably seen Automatic Delimiter Highlighting in action before. It shows up when you close parens, curly brackets, and other similar delimiters:
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Changing Colors
You can modify the colors to suit your need by going to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors and selecting "Brace Matching (Rectangle)":
I'll change the background to lime green and click OK:
We can see the new result:
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Turning If Off
If you don't like this feature, you can go to Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> General and uncheck the "Automatic delimiter highlighting" option:
Comments
- Anonymous
July 20, 2015
This doesn't work with the dark theme