How do I get whitespace to show in VSCode?

Question

VSCode 1.30.2

I could swear I had this working in previous versions. But now selecting View>Toggle Render Whitespace does not show invisibles such as spaces, tabs, and returns.

My setting for Editor: Render Whitespace is 'all'.

What setting have I missed, or misconfigured? I've run out of places to look.

Answer 1

They can be a quite faint gray against certain editor backgrounds. Try:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {

  "editorWhitespace.foreground": "#ff0000"
}

to make sure you really don't have them.