We explored just a couple ways of customizing the colors in Visual Studio.
If you open another file type, such as a C++ or C# code file, you'll see that the line numbers also appear in the olive color. The line numbers are now an olive color, and the XML attributes are a bright, lime green. Choose OK to save our selections and close the dialog box. In the Display items list, scroll down to XML Attribute and select it. If you forget to remove them it’s possible that some components will not work as expected.
To ensure we’re using the appropriate bootstrap and FontAwesome files, you need remove them or replace them with the links from above. If you are a C++ developer and you want to change the color used for functions, for example, you can look for C++ Functions in the Display items list.īefore we exit out of the dialog box, let's also change the color of XML attributes. Note: When Blazor project is created it will also include it’s own Bootstrap and FontAwesome files that can sometime be of older versions. Some languages have their own specific fonts and colors settings. In the Item foreground box, choose Olive. To change the color of the line numbers text, in the Display items list, choose Line Number. Expand the drop-down list just to see the extensive list of places where you can customize fonts and text color. Notice that the text under Show settings for says Text Editor-this is what we want. Under Environment, choose the Fonts and Colors category. To open the Options dialog box, choose Tools > Options from the menu bar. We're going to change the text color for these items.
You can detect a change in an items checked. Notice that the line numbers are a turquoise-blue color, and the XML attributes (such as id="bk101") are a light blue color. Also you can set the GroupName to a unique value to force the menu item to change its checked state on every click.
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