VSE-FormatDocumentOnSave

Enables auto formatting of the code when you save a file. Visual Studio supports auto formatting of the code with the CTRL+E,D or CTRL+E,F key shortcuts but with this extension the command Edit.FormatDocument is executed on Save.

Versions

Up until now the extension supported older versions of Visual Studio (2012-2019). Since Visual Studio 2022 there are a lot of breaking changes in the VSIX SDK and it is really hard to support older versions of Visual Studio. For that reason the extension is split into two:

Visual Studio 2022

Going forward this will be the version which will be supported and maintained. If possible, future versions of Visual Studio will be supported within this package.
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Visual Studio 2012-2019

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Configuration

There are 5 settings which you could configure:

• Command
• Allowed extensions
• Denied Extensions
• Enable
• Enable in Debug

Command

This is the Visual Studio command which will be invoked when a document is saved. For multiple values you could use space separated list.

Default

Edit.FormatDocument

CodeCleanup

Many people were asking how to execute a CodeCleanup on save. It is possible to replace the default command with Analyze.RunDefaultCodeCleanupOnSolution which executes all the commands configured in the default profile.

note: In rare occasions VisualStudio2019 enters in a infinite loop. A restart or extension reinstall helps. If you know how to reproduce this bug please log an issue.

Allowed extensions

Specifies all file extensions where the command is allowed to be executed. For multiple values you could use space separated list.

Default

allowed_extensions = .*

Denied extensions

Specifies all file extensions where the command is NOT allowed to be executed. For multiple values you could use space separated list.

Default

denied_extensions =

Debug mode

By default the plugin is disabled in debug mode. You could explicitly configure to have the extension enabled while in a debug session.

Default

enable_in_debug = false

Examples

Scenario 1

• allowed_extensions = .*
• denied_extensions = .cs

Result: All documents will be formatted because we explicitly specified that all extensions will be formatted using allowed_extensions = .*.

Scenario 2

• allowed_extensions =
• denied_extensions = .js

Result: All documents will be formatted except those with .js extension

Scenario 3

• allowed_extensions =
• denied_extensions = .*

Result: No documents will be formatted

Scenario 4

• allowed_extensions = .cs
• denied_extensions = .*

Result: Only documents with .cs extension will be formatted

Scenario 5

• allowed_extensions = .cs
• denied_extensions =

Result: All documents will be formatted because nothing is denied

Scenario 6

• allowed_extensions = .cs
• denied_extensions = .cs

Result: All documents will be formatted because there is a conflict

Visual Studio

You can configure these settings from the Visual Studio Options menu

Format Config

Create a .formatconfig file in the root of your project

Note: If you have a .formatconfig file, the VS options are ignored!

Example

root = true

[*.*]
enable = true
command = Edit.FormatDocument
allowed_extensions = 
denied_extensions = .js .html

Example with multiple commands

root = true

[*.*]

command = Edit.FormatDocument Edit.FormatDocument
allowed_extensions = 
denied_extensions = .js .html

Disable the extension

If you wish to temporarily disable to extension you could press CapsLock.
By default the extension is disabled while in a debug session. You could change that from the configuration. You can enable or disable the extension in the configuration, or disable in a .formatconfig file.

Contribute

To setup development environment follow the steps:

• Install Visual Studio SDK from Visual Studio Installer https://prnt.sc/umv2ak

• Clone the project

• Configure debug Open project properties and go to the Debug tab. Select Start external program: and enter the path to your Visual Studio exe. For example C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe. In the Command line arguments: type /rootsuffix Exp https://prnt.sc/umv47r

• Debug When you press F5 a new instance of Visual Studio will open. From there you need to load an exising solution, file or create a new one. When you press ctrl + s it will trigger break points you have set in the initial Visual Studio instance.