Highlighting kills my Razor syntax in Visual Studio 2010
asp.net-mvc-4, razor, syntax-highlighting, themes, visual-studio-2010
Solution
You should be able to change the text background for Razor code by:
- Opening Visual Studio Options (Under `Tools` -> `Options`),
- Selecting "`Fonts and Colors`" (Under Environment in the treeview at left)
- Changing the dropdown box at top to "`Text Editor`" (if that isn't the value already),
- Choosing "`Razor Code`" from the "`Display Items`" listbox, and
- Changing the background color to your liking and clicking "`OK`" to apply the change.
There's also an "HTML Server-Side Script" setting that controls the background color of the Razor code delimiters (the `@` expression and similar expressions that mark the beginnings of code blocks.)
HTH, Clay
Problem
I'm using Expression theme in `Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate` on `Windows 7` operating system. (Note: Actually, I'm not sure this problem occurs because of the dark theme) A few days ago, I decided to learn `ASP.NET MVC 4` and tried to create a small web application. In Visual Studio, I followed this instruction and created a new asp.net mvc 4 web application: `File->New->Project->ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application.` Everything was perfect. But when I opened the `Login.cshtml` file, I couldn't even see the razor syntax (expressions which started `@`) because of highlighting. Take a look: Even if I select all the text with CTRL + A in Visual Studio, I barely see the syntax. Because of that, I can't even start to learn asp.net mvc. I started to look for a solution for this situation on the internet, but I couldn't find any useful answer. In Visual Studio, I looked the `Tools->Option->Font and Colors` option, but I couldn't find anything for this either. This problem shows only when I'm working in a `View` (for the `Razor`). There is no highlighting problem in `Model`, `Controller` or any other code files. User ray247 asked a question close enough to my question called Where can I change the Asp.net MVC 3 Razor syntax hightlighting in VS10? but I still can't find a solution. I don't want to stop using my dark theme. It's really good for my eyes.