VSCode was making me crazy as I was writing a script. I like a light theme, and every time I went to type, I saw this:
The highlight was distracting for me. I could see why people might like it, but I don’t. I tried the command palatte, but couldn’t find a setting that was helpful. After scrolling back and forth a few times, I decided to search.
This SO post was helpful, and here are the steps I followed to change the setting.
First, I opened up the Default settings from the command palette, like this:
Next, I searched for the “editor.renderLineHighLight” setting. I copied this line into the clipboard.
Now, go back and open the User Settings.
Paste in the line and change “line” in the value to “none”.
Save this, and annoyance removed.