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josh
josh

Reputation: 1271

Change color of smart tag

Smart tags are almost impossible to see when using the dark theme on visual studio 2012. how do i change the color of smart tags.

Going to tools>options>environment>fonts and colors>smart tags does not work

smart tag to dark

just to be clear, in the image above, i am talking about the small blue box under the 't', not the red squiggly line

Upvotes: 2

Views: 945

Answers (4)

josh
josh

Reputation: 1271

Microsoft confirmed it as a problem and has added this defect to their backlog:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/796055/extremely-hard-to-see-smart-tag-when-using-dark-theme

Upvotes: 1

Ameen
Ameen

Reputation: 2586

As far as I can remember that color is hard-coded to a constant, so you can't change it. Use Ctrl + . to invoke smart tags when there is one on the screen, it is much easier than hunting it down via the mouse.

Upvotes: 0

ZeroPhase
ZeroPhase

Reputation: 647

I don't have visual studio in front of me, but I believe that is under the text editor options.

Upvotes: 0

Robert Harvey
Robert Harvey

Reputation: 180787

It's in Tools/Options/Environment/Fonts and Colors:

  • Show settings for: Text Editor
  • Display Items: Compiler Error

You can change the Item Foreground property to get the color of the squiggly to change.

Upvotes: 1

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