Disable automatic formatting with when using Winform editor

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Disable automatic formatting with when using Winform editor

Moreau Patrick 20

Every time I want to add a callback to a control (a button for example) by double-click on it in the winform editor. Visual open the source code and place automatically a new empty callback BUT at the same time it performs a whole unwanted reformatting of all the code in the file.
Note that I allready have disable option au automatic reformatting when paste, etc.

Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2024-03-06T06:52:01.9033333+00:00
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https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/WinForms-designer-reformats-code-outside/10531096

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Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2024-03-06T06:52:01.9033333+00:00

See also:

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/WinForms-designer-reformats-code-outside/10531096

Answer 1

If you're using the newer framework then you're using the newer Winforms designer most likely. AFAIK there isn't a way to disable this. But there are quite a few "formatting" options around the IDE so you could try disabling them all but I don't think it would matter. Settings include all the auto-formats, the editorconfig, etc.

If you're using NET 4.7.2 and not the preview winforms designer then it doesn't seem to have this issue. Of course that designer is going away. I would recommend you submit a suggestion in VS's Send Feedback option so the MS team can respond.

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Moreau Patrick 20

We use now .NET 8 and I confirm that the problem does not exist with .NET Framework 4.7.2
This is a big issue for us :-(

Michael Taylor 60,161 Reputation points

2024-03-05T17:06:50.82+00:00
You'll need to report it to the MS team using the Feedback tool in VS.

In the interim your options are limited.

Instead of double clicking to auto-generate the event handler, go to the code file and manually type in the event handler stub. Then go back to the designer and you can select the handler from the Events section of the Properties window. This prevents, I believe, the designer from generating code.

Create a dummy Winforms NET 4.7.2 project just for editing the forms.

Keep VS 2019 around and use that to edit the winforms project, but not other projects. This is the recommended approach by MS for forms that don't behave correctly in the VS 2022 editor.

None of them are ideal I know but until MS either changes the behavior or identifies how to work around it then I don't see much choice.

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