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How can I highlight the active line in Visual Studio 2005 and/or 2008? I would like the current line to be highlighted as other IDE's and text editors do, such as Eclipse and UltraEdit. ReSharper can do this, but it comes at additional costs.

+4  A: 

SlickEdit Gadgets have a free "line ruler" gadget that does this.

dommer
This worked. I previously overlooked it assuming that it required the tick marks. The tick marks can be turned off in the options. Thanks!
Ronnie
This works, but it is too slow for me. I can't move my cursor around nearly as quickly. This makes it a deal-breaker.
Patrick Szalapski
+1  A: 

You can't do it out-of-the-box

Using resharper or another addin that has this feature is your only option.

Eoin Campbell