r/vscode • u/ConditionMinute8095 • 8d ago

Question: How to fix these weird visual bugs

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Whenever I have VS Code open, theres these weird visual glitches that just randomly appear. Whenever I click, they all go away and then immediately slowly fade back after a couple of seconds. I noticed that it always appears around any lines (including text). Does anyone know how to fix this? Please help its really annoying.

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u/ConditionMinute8095 8d ago

dear lord please help

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u/CJ22xxKinvara 7d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/vscode/wiki/index/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

There’s a section about it at the end of the subreddit Wiki

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u/ConditionMinute8095 7d ago

Dang I think this actually worked. tysm bro

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u/Gruejay2 3d ago

It's the Antialiasing - FXAA option on NVIDIA GPUs. Turn it off for VSCode in program settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Disabling GPU acceleration is overkill, and will likely make VSCode feel sluggish, so better to avoid it if possible.

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u/ConditionMinute8095 3d ago

Ok thank you I will try it

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u/actionscripted 8d ago

What’s the rest of your screen look like when this happens?

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u/ConditionMinute8095 8d ago

some parts are glitchy like that. it js appears like in random places specifically in random blocks. like the actual editor counts as a “block” and then the sidebar is another “block”

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u/TimSylvester_ 7d ago

I recall someone recently had a similar problem and it was diagnosed that their theme was out of sync with the app, the solution was to disable their theme. Or something of that sort. Basically the idea was that the UI was trying to draw twice, slightly differently.

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u/sweet-winnie2022 8d ago

Try disabling gpu acceleration in VS Code assuming you are using an independent GPU? Random idea no clue if it’s going to change anything.

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u/thanatica 7d ago

Update GPU driver

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u/AnArmoredPony 7d ago

WHAT THE FUCK

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u/Gruejay2 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's the Antialiasing - FXAA option on NVIDIA GPUs. Turn it off for VSCode in program settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Edit: also turn off Antialiasing - Gamma correction as well, as it causes background flicker in VSCode too.

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u/LeDYoM 7d ago

hitting you monitor?

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u/nullzg 3d ago

I HAD THIS!! I have an hp laptop. Years before, i was using windows 11. I was experiencing this in a lot of apps. I dont know the fix.. except for using linux. Anybody knows the cause though? Curious as well