How to prevent Visual Studio Editor from reformatting my line?

Question

When I enter lines in Visual Studio I like to have certain items line up. For example,

        btnAccumulate.Hide   ();
        labelResultList.Hide ();
        lbResultList.Hide    ();
        labelResult.Show     ();
        tbResult.Show        ();

etc., in which I line up the parameter lists below each other. However, if I perform some other action, such as add an event handler from the properties box, Visual Studio will reformat those lines above so there is only one space between the method name and the parameter list. I have looked through the formatting options, but I don't see (or understand) which option will retain my formatting. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Nicholas Piazza , 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

You can try to disable the setting “Automatically format statement on;” by going to Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Code Style > Formatting > General.

If it doesn’t work, you can uncheck all settings in the following screenshot and try again:

Sincerely,

Anna

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