title: Highlighting kills my Razor syntax in Visual Studio 2010
body: <p>I'm using <a href="http://www.nerdpad.com/visual-studio/visual-studio-2010-dark-expression-blend-color-theme" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Expression</a> theme in <code>Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate</code> on <code>Windows 7</code> operating system. (<strong>Note</strong>: Actually, I'm not sure this problem occurs because of the dark theme) A few days ago, I decided to learn <code>ASP.NET MVC 4</code> and tried to create a small web application. In Visual Studio, I followed this instruction and created a new asp.net mvc 4 web application: <code>File-&gt;New-&gt;Project-&gt;ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application.</code> </p>
  
  <p>Everything was perfect. But when I opened the <code>Login.cshtml</code> file, I couldn't even see the razor syntax (expressions which started <code>@</code>) because of highlighting. Take a look:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/IplDC.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Even if I select all the text with <kbd>CTRL</kbd> + <kbd>A</kbd> in Visual Studio, I barely see the syntax.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wm0TA.png" alt="enter image description here"> </p>
  
  <p>Because of that, I can't even start to learn asp.net mvc. I started to look for a solution for this situation on the internet, but I couldn't find any useful answer. In Visual Studio, I looked the <code>Tools-&gt;Option-&gt;Font and Colors</code> option, but I couldn't find anything for this either. This problem shows only when I'm working in a <code>View</code> (for the <code>Razor</code>). There is no highlighting problem in <code>Model</code>, <code>Controller</code> or any other code files.</p>
  
  <p>User ray247 asked a question close enough to my question called <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4696102/where-can-i-change-the-asp-net-mvc-3-razor-syntax-hightlighting-in-vs10">Where can I change the Asp.net MVC 3 Razor syntax hightlighting in VS10?</a> but I still can't find a solution. I don't want to stop using my dark theme. It's really good for my eyes.</p>