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Brace Matching Rectangle

16 Apr 2010 1:00 AM
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Menu:  Tools -> Options -> Fonts and Colors -> Display Items
Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  4/16/2010
Code:  vstipEdit0050

 

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Are you tired of having wimpy brace matching rectangles?  Do the other developers make fun of your default colors?  Are you finding it hard to get a date?  Well, we can help you with the first two problems, at least.  First, let's begin by looking at the default colors for the brace matching rectangles:

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Not cool.  Now just go to Tools -> Options -> Fonts and Colors -> Display Items and choose "Brace Matching (Rectangle)":

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Now choose your new options:

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And watch as they marvel at your amazing new brace matching bling:

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Comments
  • Marcelo
    16 Apr 2010 4:47 AM

    Nice, mine is red, like the t-shirt I´ll by with the $100 haha

  • Daniel Rose
    16 Apr 2010 5:09 AM

    Very useful. Too bad the function itself doesn't work with C code...

  • Scott Blomfield
    16 Apr 2010 5:28 AM

    Neat.

    Now some expandomatic bliss to select the block... probably in a tip I missed I suppose.

  • Catto
    16 Apr 2010 5:47 AM

    Hey Now Zain,

        Nice. orange is a preference, let us remember the hotkey Ctrl + } which will move the cursor focus to the other bracket. Great Post!

    Thx 4 the info,

    Catto

  • Jason
    20 Jul 2010 1:31 PM

    This is nice but there is a problem, the color choice is re-used for selecting tags within the HTML Source Editor.  I don't see how that has anything to do with brace matching, and unfortunately you can only configure the background color so it's hard to get something that works under both scenarios.  

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