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daniel.hampe
Junior Member
Germany
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 Posted - Mar 09 2006 : 05:17:57 AM
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Hello,
it would be nice if I there was an option to choose a background color for Highlight matching {} and () and Highlight mismatching {} and () in the Options menu of Text Editor/Correction. So brackets are much more silhouetted agains the other code.
In VS2005 with C# brackets are highlighted by the IDE in that way, VAX does, but with a grey back color. With C++ there is no gray back color and highlighting is only shown if I complete brackets - if I position my cursor on a bracket, there is no highlighting. I don't care for that because VAX is showing a highlighting if I position my cursor at brackets - but it would be really cool, if I could change the back color of highlighted brackets additionally ... 
Regards Daniel |
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support
Whole Tomato Software
5566 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2006 : 10:34:41 AM
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You are not alone in asking for more standout of matching/mismatching braces. Unfortunately, such a seemingly trivial task is quite difficult to implement within an IDE with no real idea VA X exists.
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daniel.hampe
Junior Member
Germany
21 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 04:04:12 AM
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Maybe the highlighting of [] brackets and " double quote could be implemented near-term?
I'd be very cool if strings in double quote would be highlighted, too:
without highlight: "Chocolate Starfish"
highlighted: "Chocolate Starfish"
Regards Daniel. |
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Whole Tomato Software
5566 Posts |
Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 1:30:36 PM
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| FWIW: The IDE options let you change foregrounad and background colors of strings. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 3:49:40 PM
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assuming you are using VS2003 / 2005 then:
IDE tools menu -> options -> fonts and colours -> string |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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daniel.hampe
Junior Member
Germany
21 Posts |
Posted - Mar 14 2006 : 02:24:42 AM
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I am already using this for marking strings ;-)
but what I was trying to say was: that an additional highlighting of the whole string during my cursor rests on it would show me more clearly were a string starts and ends - but allowedly in my opinion such a feature would just make sense if I was able to change the backcolor of highlighting ...
I saw this in V2005 with C#, where the whole string was highligthed with a light-grey backcolor when I completed it with the finishing double quote. But when I tryed it right now I couldn't reproduce this effect in the VS2005 C# editor ... this is odd
Anyway it's been just an idea so if you plan to implement a change of "highlight background color" eventually you may consider to activate this for strings, too.
Appart from strings I would be happy if []-brackets would be highlighted in the way () and {} are highlighted.
Regards Daniel |
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leigh.kendall
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2006 : 2:04:34 PM
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Daniel -
Not sure if this does it for you, but go to Tools|Options, Environment --> Fonts and Colors and in the Display Items: section, select Brace Matching. Here you can customize to the foreground and background colors.
HTH |
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daniel.hampe
Junior Member
Germany
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Posted - Mar 20 2006 : 03:20:04 AM
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Leigh -
thank you for that hint  - it works fine.
But unfortunately this won't work with VS2005 for C++. Here I am only able to set the back color for [] brackets - and this doesn't work at all :-/
Regards Daniel. |
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kevinsikes
Tomato Guru
USA
271 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2009 : 12:05:50 AM
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case=506 is implemented in build 1721
To control colors, use the IDE's Options | Environment | Fonts and Colors property page. You should see entries of the form "VA X ...". If you don't, use this procedure to restore the VA X entries:
Exit all instances of VS2008
Delete this registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Software \\ Microsoft \\ VisualStudio \\ 9.0 \\ FontAndColors \\ Cache \Restart Visual Studio
For users running VS2005, replace 9.0 with 8.0. |
Kevin Sikes
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