IDEA 12 disable strange XML highlight - intellij-idea

This is how my pom.xml file looks in IDEA 12.
I hate how the app highlights the opening and closing < > signs.
How can I disable it?!
IDEA 12 XML Highlight

Go to Settings (Preferences) | Editor | Colors&Fonts | XML. On the right side choose Tag and select Background checkbox.

If you want to get rid of the grey background for XML, HTML and related formats, go to Settings (Preferences) | Editor | Colors&Fonts | Language Defaults and uncheck Background for Markup Tag.
I think the default setting was intended to highlight the difference between tags and content, but indeed, it's not very pleasant looking.

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What are these called so that I can turn them on and off?
Settings (Preferences on macOS) | Editor | Inlay Hints | Code Vision | Usages.

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i am using android studio/intellij idea
my idea starts showing me a balloon with a preview of a method
and it disturbs me when i need the top bar like finding text
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Disable Settings (Preferences on macOS) | Editor | General | Appearance | Show code lens on scrollbar hover.
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How to stop IntelliJ from changing my ">=" Operator to this. Because it is a bad habit I think

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I need to know how to change settings, so that i will be able to write as well as see the >= operator as it is. Because if I'll see this operator every day, i might not remember in future.
Preferences / Settings | Editor | Font or Preferences / Settings | Editor | Color Scheme | Color Scheme Font and disable Enable ligatures option.

Change background color of highlighted HTML elements

When I hover the mouse on a HTML tag in the tiny bar under the file tab, the background of the highlighted element is very bright, and the text becomes unreadable.
I couldn't find a way to customize this in the settings, can somebody help?
Here's what I mean:
It uses your caret row color (it just automatically makes it lighter so it's more visible) and not some separate style which you can disable/modify.
ATM there is no option to disable such behaviour. I mean -- IDEA-139930 ticket is fixed, but not available in 141.xx branch that PhpStorm is currently built on.
If it annoys you a lot then right now I may only suggest to disable that breadcrumbs bar altogether until PhpStorm will move to 142.xx or newer branch. For that: Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Editor | General | Appearance | Show HTML breadcrumbs (you will have to close and reopen that file to see the changes).
You should post more info about specification: exact version of PhpStorm etc.
Try this:
https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/help/configuring-colors-and-fonts.html

How to open Quick list in Intellij Idea

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No action when I'm trying open it
First you need to create Quick List in File | Settings | Appearance and Behavior | Quick Lists and then it would appear in File | Settings | Appearance and Behavior | Keymap where you can define a shortcut for it.