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ViewsVisual Studio 2017 & 2019 highlight occurrences of selected word in scrollbar
When I mark a word (of any kind) I would like all occurrences (in that particular file) of that word to be highlighted in the scrollbar on the right hand side.
This was a feature in VS2015 and VS2013. I cannot imagine that they removed it, I just don't know how to switch it on. None of the apparent possibilities in Tools -> Options (image) helps me.
Ps. I am using Visual Studio 17 Professional. Thank you.
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This was a feature in VS15 and VS13.
Actually it was not.
It is a feature of the Productivity Power Tools extension. That extension is now just an installer for separate single feature extensions. I think you'll be wanting Match Margin.
For Visual Studio 2022 Match Margin is also available.
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There's another extension which does exactly this, with options to customize colors and more. it called Word Highlight With Margin.
The extension created by Trung Kien Phan
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VS2017/VS2019 Version
Download link from Visual Studio market place - VS2017, VS2019
Previous versions:
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Right now, the only way I know (without installing new extensions) is to select (double click) the word and hit ctrl-f (find). Scroll map should highlight all occurences (mine are orange)