In Visual Studio 2022 how to automatically use codestyle with spaces before and after * and &?

Question

In the code base I work these are the rules for & and * operators: spaces before and after.

int findComboBoxItemByInternalName(QComboBox * comboBox, const std::string & targetInternalName)

I found no option in Options->Text Editor->C#->Code Style->Formatting->Spacing that can influence that. And the code style is enforced to:

int findComboBoxItemByInternalName(QComboBox* comboBox, const std::string& targetInternalName)

Answer 1

Hello @Cristian Laczko ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Not 100% sure, as you shared only code snippets without information about the project type(I guess it’s Qt project?). But, are you sure it’s C# code? Looks like it’s C++ code.

I tested in a newly created simple C++ project, with default VS settings, and the operators shows correctly(align center).

Please check following options:

Tools => Options => Text Editor => C/C++ => Code Style => Formatting => Spacing => Spacing for operators => Binary operators => Insert spaces before and after binary operators.

Tools => Options => Text Editor => C/C++ => Code Style => Formatting => Spacing => Spacing for operators => Pointer/reference alignment => Align center.

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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