C# HandleWhiteSpace Add-In
By Fons Sonnemans (23 September 2003)
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WhiteSpace.zip
Introduction
The C# code editor in Visual Studio.NET 2003 does not handle whitespaces automatically
like the VB.NET code editor does. This Add-In solves this problem by adding the
'Handle WhiteSpace' menu option to the Visual Studio.NET 2003 Tools menu. This option
formats the C# code of the active code editor. This includes:
- Space before:
method declaration parentheses, method call parentheses, statement parentheses,
braces and brackets
- Space after:
comma and semicolon
- Space around:
operators
- Double space
Example
Screen shot: Handle WhiteSpace menu option
After you have selected the menu option the C# source code is formatted with correct
whitespaces.
Screen shot: Reformatted code
Conclusion
Writing clean C# code has become easier with this Add-In. I hope you enjoy using
it.
I thank Heindirk de Laat for providing me the code for the most difficult part of
the program. I only added some extra regular expressions and transformed it into
an Add-In.
Any suggestions and feedback for improving this Add-In is most welcome. Send
your suggestions and feedback to Fons.Sonnemans@reflectionit.nl