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ShowAutoStyles

ShowAutoStyles
is an option for Cell that specifies whether styles that are specified to be automatically used for various syntactic and other constructs should be shown.

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  • The default setting is ShowAutoStyles->True.
  • Details of automatic styles can be specified in the setting for .
  • For example, unmatched delimiters such as brackets are by default shown in purple.

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Create a raw box structure with an unmatched brace:

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Compare a cell that automatically highlights the unmatched brace with one that does not:

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