Reputation: 11235

How to disable visual "dots" in Visual Studio Editor

How can I can disable the "dots" for spaces in Microsoft Visual Studio?

Upvotes: 124

Answers (6)

Reputation: 13244

Untick Edit -> Advanced -> View White Space.

Upvotes: 248

Reputation: 528

in vs2022,it was tools->Text Editor->General->Display->View whitespace

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 2672

in VS Version: 1.39.2 - 2019 in the menu view -> Render Whitespace

Upvotes: 8

Reputation: 13049

For Visual Studio 2010 or later:

Ctrl+E,S

Upvotes: 50

Reputation: 229

Keyboard shortcut : Ctrl R + Ctrl W

Upvotes: 22

Reputation: 7993

You've enabled "Show spaces". Turn them off with Ctrl+R Ctrl+W, or Edit > Advanced > View Spaces

Upvotes: 71