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Brace matching broken in razor files

Bob Graham 5 Reputation points
2023-02-21T21:52:35.01+00:00

Started with Visual Studio 2022 v. 17.4.4 update. It was working fine before, but now I have wrong color for brace matching in *.js files and no brace matching at all.

Ignore the yellow color, that is from an extension and no, the extension is not the cause.braceMatchBroken

in *.cshtml files

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
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  1. Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,191 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2023-02-22T07:59:44.8133333+00:00

    Hi @Bob Graham , 

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

    Please try the following steps:

    1. Update your VS2022 to the latest version
    2. Go to Tools > Options > Environment >Fonts and Colors > click on “UseDefaults”
    3. Go to Tools > Options > Environment >Fonts and Colors > Display items: Punctuation > Item foreground: Yellow
    4. Go to Tools > Options > Environment >Fonts and Colors > Display items: Selected Text > Item background: Red 

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    If it doesn't work, please feel free to let us know.

    Sincerely,

    Anna

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