How can I hide or diminish VS2017's vertical lines in the editor

Question

Visual Studio 2017 uses quite bright, dashed, vertical lines within code's indentation to highlight the extent of various scopes.

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How can I turn these off, or make them less vivid?

Drew Noakes · Accepted Answer

You can reduce the intensity of these lines:

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In VS2017, go to menu Tools, Options....

Navigate to Environment/Fonts and Colors and scroll to select the Structure Guide Lines display item.

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Click custom, then drag down the black arrow to the right of the dialog until you see a colour you like.

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MattGertz · Answer

You can also turn them off completely from Tools\Options, Text Editor, General, Show structure guide lines.

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