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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Blue Brown Green Red Violet Yellow Message: Forum code is on. Html is off. [quote][i]Originally posted by Nobodo[/i] [br]I use the 'highlight references to symbol under cursor' all the time, it is extremely useful. However, it could be a bit more useful. Typically, I will click on a variable, and then I can see all the places where the variable is read from (one color) or written to (another color) with just a glance. That is EXTREMELY useful. However, in the cases where a variable is modified by an 'out' or a 'ref' modifier, the colors are deceptive and can easily make you miss places where a variable is changed. Here is an example. The variable 'agisNumber' is modified by the call to TryParse, but there is no indication that this is a place where the variable is modified. This is a simple example, but when using the highlight references feature in real code to quickly find all places where a var is modified this will trip you up. [img]https://forum.wholetomato.com/forum/uploaded/Nobodo/201166102136_ColoringReferences.jpg[/img] [/quote]   Check to include your profile signature. Check to subscribe to this topic.