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VS 2017 dark theme changed

I am using the Dark theme in Visual Studio 2017 and have productivity power tools installed. In the past week, some of the similar word highlight colors have switched to white on white. It used to be white on blue.

password highlighted

If I select the word "password" in the code, it is white on blue, but if I select the word in comments, I get white on white in code.

I have tried changing the color theme to Light and back to Dark. I have also set the Text Editor settings back to default.

Solution

  • There is an option in Tools > Options > Productivity Power Tools > General > "Show matches in the editor" that was including comments when highlighting. While handy, the broken color it was giving me was distracting, so I disabled it.