Visual Studio Different Line Heights in the Editor

Question

I\'ve been using vs2013 for quite some time and noticed something that is quite bothering me.

In the Code Editor, lines that contain nothing but symbols (such as

Answer 1

For the VS2019 it is quite similar to the provided solutions:

Tools -> Options-> Productiviry Power Tools -> General

Under "Syntatic line compression options" you uncheck: "Compress lines that does not have any alphanumeric characters" like {,[ and so on

You also can uncheck "Compress blank lines" but this will be only for lines without anything in it.

Answer 2

You probably have Productivity Power Tools installed with Syntactic line compression enabled. You can turn it off in VS Options - Productivity Power Tools - Other Extensions.