CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studiosyntax-highlighting
Ali Parr
Ali Parr

Reputation: 4787

Keyword highlighting on selection in Visual Studio 2008

A little while ago I managed to get Visual Studio 2008 (C++) into a state where, if I would select a keyword (or any symbol for that matter), by either double clicking on it or highlighting it, all other instances of that symbol within the current file would become highlighted too.

This was a really useful feature.

Since then it's gone away, and I don't know how to get it back.

Please help.

@Sander - that'll be it. Thanks!

Upvotes: 5

Views: 4634

Answers (3)

Rajesh Pappireddy
Rajesh Pappireddy

Reputation: 127

"WordLight" by Mikhail Nasyrov. An add-in for Visual Studio 2008 that highlights all occurrences of a selected text. It searches and highlights substrings that are currently selected in a text editor. Can be found at below link WordLight

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MikhailNasyrov.WordLight

Upvotes: 0

user405705
user405705

Reputation: 11

I use MetalScroll, it's like RockScroll only better; it doesn't interfere with Resharper (a VS must-have) and you can set it up to only highlight if you hold down 'alt' when you double-click.

Upvotes: 1

Sander Rijken
Sander Rijken

Reputation: 21615

I think you've installed RockScroll. It also lights them up in the graphical scrollbar (its main feature)

Upvotes: 7

Related Questions