SSMS null value background color

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In my SSMS version 17.8.1 for null value background color is not showing, this feature is handy but missing in installed SSMS, how to enable this feature.

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In my SSMS version 17.8.1 for null value background color is not showing, this feature is handy but missing in installed SSMS, how to enable this feature.

Posted 23-Aug-19 6:44am

Virendra S from Bangalore, Karnataka

Updated 23-Aug-19 8:06am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-23T08:06:00

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It was a "feature" in some versions of SSMS released with 2008R2 and before: the NULL value was shown with the Windows Tooltip background colour. Since this was not acceptable to MS, it was removed: cannot change GridResults background color – Customer Feedback for Microsoft Azure[^] - scroll to teh bottom, and they are studiously ignoring reports, as usual.

Posted 23-Aug-19 8:06am

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Richard Deeming 23-Aug-19 14:42pm

That's odd - my copy of SSMS 18.2 shows NULL with a yellow background colour. It's not the tooltip colour, and I can't see where to configure it.