Word and Selection Highlighter

Highlights the word under the cursor and displays matching occurrences in the editor and overview ruler.

Settings

On activation, the extension checks these global VS Code settings and updates any missing or different value to disable overlapping built-in highlights:

{
  "editor.selectionHighlight": false,
  "editor.occurrencesHighlight": "off",
  "editor.matchBrackets": "never"
}

The extension's bracket pair highlighting can be disabled with the matchBrackets setting:

{
  "word-selection-highlighter.matchBrackets": false
}

The selection highlight and matching-word overview ruler colors can be customized with color settings:

{
  "word-selection-highlighter.selectionColor": "#FFB3C7",
  "word-selection-highlighter.rulerColor": "#FF99B4"
}

Restarting VS Code is not required after changing these settings.