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Laoujin
Laoujin

Reputation: 10229

Cannot be inferred error: How to change color in Visual Studio?

I have the following error in my code:

The Type arguments for method x cannot be inferred from usage.Try specifying the type arguments explictly.

These errors are indicated in Visual Studio with a 'red curly underline'.

My problem: I can't really see the 'red curly underline' so I want to change how these errors are displayed. After going through the Tools - Options - Fonts and colors, I can't seem to find anything that resembles 'red curly underline'. (Perhaps because I just can't see it there either)

Can this be configured?

Update
According to Richard, this is handled by the Syntax Error Font Color. But its value is being overwritten, probably by ReSharper.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2997

Answers (3)

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 108995

The red-squiggle-underline can be changed with the colour (Tools | Options | General | Fonts and Colours") via the colour setting "Syntax Error".

This works since at least VS 2010 and later.

(Just successfully changed from red to yellow—I'm using a dark colour schema so it shows up effectively, but yellow doesn't carry the right "stop" meaning errors need.)

(NB. all of this without Resharper or other similar extension: it is possible that such an extension could override this setting with its own possibly hard-coded value.)

Upvotes: 6

Leo Rossetti
Leo Rossetti

Reputation: 185

I came here to find how to change that underline red row under errors. If that's the case of any other person, here it goes.

In Visual Studio 2019 go to:

  • Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors > Syntax Error

Upvotes: 1

Piers Myers
Piers Myers

Reputation: 10899

You want to change the ReSharper Underline Error Highlighting colour:

enter image description here

(This is in Visual Studio 2012 with ReSharper 7.1 but should be the same for other versions)

Upvotes: 4

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