vscode settings - Getting rid of annoying rectangular highlights in vs code

Question

I want to get rid of highlights as shown in the below picture. I find it really annoying.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65895034/getting-rid-of-annoying-rectangular-highlights-in-vs-code

Answer 1

Without more info it could be one of two things:

setting: Editor: Selection Highlight disable that or

change its color via:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
  "editor.selectionHighlightBackground": "#f000",
 }

The last digit in that hex is opacity.

or they could be find matches in which case you will have to do:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
  "editor.findMatchHighlightBackground": "#0000"
}

The hexes can also be "#ff000000" eight characters - last two being opacity.