Changing the color of the whitespace indicator in Visual Studio?

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JK. picture JK. · Apr 16, 2012 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

In Visual Studio we can show white space by CTRL+R, CTRL+W. But how can we change the color of the white space indicator itself?

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I would like to change it to a soft gray so it the color is not as strong and not so distracting.

Answer

Antonio Bakula picture Antonio Bakula · Apr 16, 2012

You can do that in Tools / Options and then Environment / Fonts And Colors and there is a setting for visible White Space :

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