What are those vertical lines in Notepad++ called? The ones that light up for matching brackets or tags, etc

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trusktr picture trusktr · Oct 21, 2010 · Viewed 21.9k times · Source

I'd like an actual term for them. Tab lines?

I can't find a reference to them on google because i don't know what to search for!

I wanna see if there's something like this for Gedit.

Answer

eatcrayons picture eatcrayons · Jul 25, 2012

What you are probably looking for is called the "Indent Guide".

In Notepad++ 5.9.8 on Windows, it is found under View/Show Symbol/Show Indent Guide.

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