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Ugly looking selection in Visual Studio 2012 text editor

I've started to use Visual Studio 2012 and there is one feature that really upsets me: the way the selection in text editor looks. For some reason it looks differently for variables and all other text. The same is right for the break-point high-lighting:

Visual Studio 2012 selection

Is there a setting to make the selection and break-pointed line appear uniform as in all previous versions of VS and all other editors?

Solution

  • There is no setting for this, but why your selection looks ugly is because you set a background color for given (identifier) types. In Tools*Options*Environment*Fonts and Colors select Identifiers and set Item Background to Default