Visual Studio addin; highlight all words that match the selected word?

Question

When using NotePad ++ and selecting a specific word, does it automatically highlight all matched words?

Does anyone know if there is a Visual Studio add-on that can do this? or is there a hidden environment setting that can do this?

Answer 1

This is what VS 2010 runs automatically, but if you are using an older version of VS, you can get this functionality with third-party add-ons. For example, I used an add-in called RockScroll, which can highlight the use in the source file (by double-clicking on the word) http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IntroducingRockScroll.aspx ,

Also, ReSharper has built-in functionality with Cntl + Shft + F7

Answer 2

Check the following add-ons Performance Addin Power Tools
The backlight color in Powerivity Power Tools is located in
Tools-> Options-> Productivity Power Tools-> Enhanced Scroll Bar-> Words Matching Color Color Care Editor in the editor.

or

Use Select Selected Word .

Answer 3

I believe Visual Assist can do this. This can be enabled in the settings → Refactoring → Automatically select links to the symbol under the cursor.