It Tools->Options->Text Editor->Display, “Highlight Blocks” what you are looking for?

Unfortunately not, I have that check box clear.

Anything else I can try?

Nothing that I am aware of. It does not change the background color for me without the “Highlight Blocks” option.

Here is a screenshot. If I click on the closing bracket I get that.

https://plus.google.com/photos/114734131284748121087/albums/5739912200124714433

Have you checked the color scheme? I don’t have the highlighting with the default one, so maybe it is doing it but using the normal colors;-)

Right, that was background for Parenthesis, thx for help.