How to hide grey dots on scrollbar

Question

In Visual Studio 2015/2017, how can we hide the Vertical Scrollbar's grey dots as shown below?

Answer 1

If you're trying to hide the gray dots caused by "Suggestions" (as opposed to bookmarks) then this is the specific setting for that.

Tools --> Options --> Environment --> Fonts and Colors

Select Suggestion ellipses (...) and set the Item foreground to Automatic

Note that this will cause the suggestion ellipses (3 little dots under timer1 in the image below) in your code to also be invisible.

Answer 2

In the Visual Studio menu, open up:

Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors

You should see a dialog like this:

In the list, there are several settings that control the enhanced scrollbar, here are some you can play with. If you set them to Automatic then they should be invisible:

• Bookmark (Scroll Bar)
• Breakpoint (Scroll Bar)
• Difference scrollbar color
• Find Match Highlight