How to change the current line color in Visual Studio 2010?

Question

Maybe it\'s trivial but I couldn\'t find an answer to it for several weeks. It\'s set to some light gray color which is very bothersome in a dark color theme.

Any ideas

Answer 1

Just to add to Brian's answer above, to have the extension, you need to install the VC10 extension from extension manager, see those two links below how to do it:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/05/03/visual-studio-2010-extension-manager-and-the-new-vs-2010-powercommands-extension.aspx

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/09/visual-studio-2010-productivity-power-tool-extensions.aspx

Answer 2

You can use the Visual Studio Theme Generator , where can you change all colors.

Answer 3

If you as many of us use ReSharper, highlighting current line can be achieved via:

ReSharper/Options...; Environment/Editor on the left; check "Highlight current Line" on the right.

After that you may need to restart Visual studio and if you do not like the color, change it via:

Tools/Options...; Environment/Fonts and Colors on the left; "ReSharper Current Line Highlight" on the right

See more details in here

Answer 4

Tools\Options\Productivity Power Tools\Highlight Current Line

to enable/disable the feature.

Tools\Options\Environment\Fonts and Colors\

Current Line (Extension)
Current Line Inactive (Extension)

to change the colors.