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Breakpoints and Bookmarks no longer appear in gutter in Visual Studio 2022


I am using Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11.2. After adjusting some setting last night, I cannot trigger breakpoints from the gutter.

When I press F9, the line of code gets highlighted red, but no icon is in the gutter. I would like the original behavior back. I am also unable to see my bookmarks in the gutter now too.

No Gutter

Bookmarks


Solution

  • This is called the "Indicator Margin", but many refer to it as the gutter.

    You toggle this on/off via Tools → Options → Text Editor → General → Indicator Margin:

    indicator margin option

    With it enabled, your breakpoints and bookmark indicators should be visible once again. Unfortunately, the blue highlight for lines that are bookmarked appears to only work when you have the indicator margin disabled.