Aligning text in visual studio 2010?

irishdude11

It seems the text on different lines in visual studio is not aligned. Here's an example of what I mean - say I have some code in visual studio and I want to have all the equals signs aligned with each other like this -

string name         = 
string age          =
string address      =
string dateofbirth  =

instead it looks kind of like this

string name         = 
string age           =
string address      =
string dateofbirth =

This is exaggerated but what Im saying is the equals signs on different lines cant be placed in exactly the same spot. This really makes the code look messy when you have about 20 items like this and they are not aligned with each other.

So is there a way to set the text formating so they can be aligned?

Webmonkey

Why can't you do it as in the first part of your post. I do that all the time with just tabs. Just make sure the cursor is right before the = sign before you tab it out.

seamus

It's down to the font probably. Ensure that you're using a monospaced font like Courier.

Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors.

irishdude11

Yeah it was the font, cheers.

Ste_D

Can I recommend using Consolas?? I think it was made for developers!

Also, in the VS IDE, if you click Edit -> Advanced, there is a 'View white space' options, so you can see what is spaces and what is tabs. I usually turn this on, but also go to the fonts and colors manager and tone it down a bit!!

Malice

Ste_D wrote: »

Can I recommend using Consolas?? I think it was made for developers!

If we're suggesting IDE fonts I would highly recommend Anonymous Pro.