Is there a way to highlight brackets when the cursor is anywhere within the enclosing brackets? Default settings highlight it only when I place the cursor near the brackets.
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Yes, there is now a way by default, in VSCode 1.40 (October 2019):
Improvements to bracket matching
Previously, VS Code would only highlight matching brackets when the cursor was next to a bracket character.
Now VS Code will always highlight enclosing brackets if they exist.
We have also adjusted our
Go to BracketandSelect to Bracketactions to use enclosing brackets.
It is improved and supported natively with VSCode 1.60 (Aug. 2021):
Bracket pair colorization can be enabled by setting
"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true.
All colors are themeable and up to six colors can be configured.
Also maybe you will like VSCode extension "Blockman", it highlights nested code blocks. (I am the author of Blockman)
With release 1.60 (September 2021), VS Code now has bracket pair colorization built in, indicating all matching brackets by color.
This feature can be enabled by adding this line to settings.json:
"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true
I am using Version: 1.63.2(MacOS). Default bracket highlight feature was not working for me. In case, someone face similar issue, set it true.
"editor.matchBrackets": true,
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