Visual Studio Code - Grey boxes

Question

I am using VSC and I do get some strange grey boxes in my editor, they are dynamic and annoying. If I change my Theme to a light one they disappear. Anyhow I would like to have it a dark thme and I could not find a solution for it.

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Answer 1

I had similar issues, mine turned out to be an HDR issue. I went into Display Settings and turned off Play HDR Games and Apps and the boxes went away.

Answer 2

It looks like you are running into this bug: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/12473

We're looking into the root cause of this issue. As a workaround, try changing your color profile as documented here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/12473#issuecomment-269024219