Can I make Visual Studio place curly braces on the same line as an if statement (in HTML)?

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In Visual Studio while designing MVC views (in .aspx or .ascx files), I often use if statements. When I auto-format (Ctrl+K+D), Visual Studio wraps the braces in this really ugly and hard to read way:

<% if (Model.UserIsAuthenticated)
    { %>
       (some HTML goes here...)
<% } %>

Is there any way to make Visual Studio auto-format like this instead:

<% if (Model.UserIsAuthenticated) { %>
       (some HTML goes here...)
<% } %>

Or is there a better way to do this? I don't want to use Razor quite yet, but it looks like it would solve my problem. I'm using VS2010 with Resharper 5, if that helps.

score 130 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 18 '18 at 15:37

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Under Tools → Options → Text Editor → C# → Formatting → New Lines are the rules for the open brace on each case (new methods, control blocks, etc), maybe you can find the one you want there.

edited Jun 18 '18 at 15:37

fassetar

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answered Oct 26 '10 at 01:36

Felix Martinez

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That works for .cs files, but I'd like to only have this type of formatting for C# *within* a view page. – Mike Comstock Oct 26 '10 at 01:43
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It worked for me on a View Page. I unchecked "Place open brace on new line for control blocks", try that one. – Felix Martinez Oct 26 '10 at 12:50
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Right, it works on a view file, but then it also applies to all of the cs files. I'm trying to get it to only apply to the view files. – Mike Comstock Oct 28 '10 at 05:02
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Just point out if you are using resharper: RESHARPER->options..->c#->Formatting Style->Braces Layout change from BSD to K&R style – macio.Jun Nov 29 '14 at 02:31
it shows me an error : "An error occurred loading this property page". What should I do, I have VS 2013 unlimited. – Pini Cheyni Feb 22 '16 at 14:40
Thank you, exactly what i was looking for +1 – Bug Maker Jul 07 '16 at 03:13
In my version it is C# -> Code Style -> Formatting -> New Lines – mLstudent33 Jul 02 '20 at 02:06

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 15 '21 at 16:18

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The menu has changed a bit with VS2019.

You can find formatting options by going into
Tools → Options → Text Editor → C# → Code Style → Formatting → NewLines

answered Apr 15 '21 at 16:18

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Thank you for showing the plethora of options. I still never understood why VS don't just have *one* option to control all of those and the entire convention. – not2qubit Jun 23 '21 at 21:40

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '21 at 17:43

In extension to Fleix Martinez's answer:

In mac, 2020 Visual Studio, this is how it is done:

Preferences -> Source Code -> Code Formatting -> C# Source Code -> select C# Format tab

Press Edit
Select New Lines from Category
Uncheck all these(choose at your will):

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 19 '16 at 18:38

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the formatting is handled by individual plugins, for js you can use the following setting:

// Defines whether an open brace is put onto a new line for functions or not.
"javascript.format.placeOpenBraceOnNewLineForFunctions": true,

answered Dec 19 '16 at 18:38

chantisnake

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Wrong software, buddy. This isn't Visual Studio Code. – ifconfig Nov 03 '18 at 05:54

Can I make Visual Studio place curly braces on the same line as an if statement (in HTML)?

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