Looking for variable hightlight feature in Visual Studio 2008

Question

I had been looking for a "variable highlight" feature which can be found in Netbeans or Notepad++.

This means, when I select a variable, the same variable which is being scattered around other place will be highlighted as well. This feature is very valuable, to help me scan the code quickly.

May I know is it possible I can have this feature as well in Visual Studio 2008?

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Already answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32494/visual-studio-identical-token-highlighting — rwong, Sep 28 '10 at 02:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '10 at 02:38

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Use ReSharper and you will be able many useful features. This particular one is called highlight usage and is available when pressing Ctrl + Shift + F7. The description is at:

http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/features/navigation_search.html#Highlight_Usages

answered Sep 28 '10 at 02:38

David Pokluda

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I still need to press the keystroke? In Notepad++, the feature is completely automatic. – Cheok Yan Cheng Sep 28 '10 at 02:42
Yes, you do have to press that combination. – David Pokluda Sep 28 '10 at 05:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '10 at 12:54

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In Visual Studio 2010 this feature is build-in.

answered Nov 26 '10 at 12:54

cuh

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Looking for variable hightlight feature in Visual Studio 2008

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