Automatic Brace Matching
Automatic brace matching gives you immediate feedback on misplaced brackets or open-ended code segments. This feature is always in effect; there is no related menu command or other option to disable it.
Automatic brace matching recognizes the following pairs:
[C#]
| ( ) | Parentheses |
| [ ] | Brackets |
| { } | Braces |
| #if, #else and #endif | Conditional expression |
[Visual Basic]
| ( ) | Parentheses |
| [ ] | Brackets |
| { } | Braces |
| <> | Angle brackets |
[C++]
| ( ) | Parentheses |
| [ ] | Brackets |
| { } | Braces |
| < > | Angle brackets |
| #if, #else and #endif | Conditional expression |
When you type a closing bracket, both it and its matching bracket remain highlighted until you type another key or move the cursor. This makes visually identifying code blocks much easier. In addition, this may help identify mismatched or missing brackets.
In Visual C++ and Visual C#, by placing the cursor to the left of a brace and pressing CTRL+], the cursor will move to the matching brace.