Skip to content
| Marketplace
Sign in
Visual Studio Code>Other>Toggle Bracket GuidesNew to Visual Studio Code? Get it now.
Toggle Bracket Guides

Toggle Bracket Guides

TGO Systems

|
21,626 installs
| (2) | Free
Easy way to toggle the bracket guides
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Copied to clipboard
More Info

Description

  • VSCode doesn't have a direct command to Toggle the Bracket Pair Guides. This extension adds a command and keyboard binding that will toggle the setting.

How to use

  • Toggle the Bracket Guides with CTRL+SHIFT+B. (Mac users CMD+SHIFT+B).
  • There are 3 states for the setting:
    • Active: will show the guides for the current active bracket pair
    • True: will show the guides for all bracket pair and highlight the current active pair
    • False: guides disabled

Requirements

  • This extension requires VSCode v1.61 or higher. This was the first version of VSCode to include the Bracket Pair Guides.

Settings Affected

  • editor.guides.bracketpairs: Active/True/False.

License

  • Copyright © 2023 Gary Aranda Dickens @ TGO Systems (Tuetego Ltd)
  • This project is MIT licensed
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Manage cookies
  • Terms of use
  • Trademarks
© 2025 Microsoft