Show whitespace characters in Visual Studio Code

Question

Is it possible to show whitespace characters, like the space character, in Visual Studio Code?

There doesn\'t appear to be an option for it in the settings.js

Answer 1

*** Update August 2020 Release *** see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/104310

"editor.renderWhitespace": "trailing" // option being added

Add a new option ('trailing') to editor.renderWhitespace that renders only 
trailing whitespace (including lines with only whitespace).

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*** Update February 2020 Release *** see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/90386

In v1.43 the default value will be changed to selection from none as it was in v1.42.

"editor.renderWhitespace": "selection"  // default in v1.43

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Update for v1.37: adding the option to render whitespace within selected text only. See v1.37 release notes, render whitespace.

The editor.renderWhitespace setting now supports a selection option. With this option set, whitespace will be shown only on selected text:

"editor.renderWhitespace": "selection"

and

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {    
  "editorWhitespace.foreground": "#fbff00"
}

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