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**jspdj01** · November 21, 2023, 10:12am

Hello,
I have red lines at the end of each line in a JSON file that has been formatted.
Could you tell me how I can deactivate these red lines?
THANKS

**jfcherng** · November 21, 2023, 10:43am

Most likely the selected syntax is not JSON.

**jspdj01** · November 21, 2023, 12:44pm

Indeed it is not a json format but it makes the same thing out of thing with json

**jfcherng** · November 21, 2023, 2:17pm

What I mean is that please select JSON syntax highlighting from the bottom-right of the window.

**jspdj01** · November 21, 2023, 4:13pm

Ah ok, it works.
Thank you very much for the answer

**AdeD** · June 22, 2024, 6:31pm

I’m having this same problem, but I have selected JSON in the bottom right. Is there any other reason this might be happening, or another solution I can try?

**jfcherng** · June 22, 2024, 6:53pm

any other information? full screenshot or just provide codes for reproduction? reproduce-able in safe mode?

**AdeD** · June 22, 2024, 7:31pm

Here’s a screenshot. I’m running Sublime 3 so no safe mode.

**AdeD** · June 23, 2024, 5:29pm

I tried reverting to a freshly installed state, but it’s still showing up in red. So I guess that’s the equivalent of being reproduceable in safe mode.

**jfcherng** · June 23, 2024, 5:55pm

I see no reason why it goes red. Unless there are invisible characters at every end of lines.

**AdeD** · June 23, 2024, 10:54pm

I just found a solution. There are two JSON options in the menu at the bottom right of the window. One is in a submenu under JavaScript. That one works fine. But the more obvious one, which appears in the main menu, doesn’t work. See attached images:

Edit: I’m a new user so I can’t add any more comments to this thread or post more than one picture in a single comment. So, I’ll just post the working picture.

**bschaaf** · June 24, 2024, 12:43am

Sublime Text only ships with one JSON syntax. This cannot have happened if you reverted to a freshly installed state or in safe mode.

**AdeD** · June 24, 2024, 2:52am

I tried again to make sure, but I seem to still have two JSON syntax options. See pic below.

Following the guide I linked earlier, I opened appdata folder. Once there I removed Sublime Text 3 from both the local and roaming folders. After doing so I opened Sublime Text again. The apps appearance has changed, for example, the lines are no longer red, but pinkish. So, the style I use for the app has changed. Also, it now tells me it’s unregistered. I took this to mean that I had successfully reverted to a freshly installed state, though, of course I could be wrong.

In any case, here’s what it looks like in that state, and the syntax options I still have:

**bschaaf** · June 24, 2024, 2:58am

Could you provide the output from the console (View > Show Console)?

**deathaxe** · June 24, 2024, 4:14pm

Did you by chance

install JSON syntax from master branch of https://github.com/sublimehq/Packages or
copy JSON.sublime-package from ST4?

Most of current syntax definitions are no longer compatible with ST3 as they use features which are available as of ST4 only.

Red line at the end of each line in JSON