I like to restrict to 80 characters in each line in my code for readability. I would like to know if there is any scale to show the line length in visual studio 2012 like how it shows the line number (I mean a horizontal scale?)
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It does show Character Number & Column Number next to line number – Yuriy Galanter Jul 17 '13 at 18:44
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1VAssistX has what they call a *Column Indicator*: http://www.wholetomato.com/products/features/column.asp – Martin Ba Jul 17 '13 at 18:47
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1@YuriyGalanter I can't see column number in mine. – user2529495 Jul 17 '13 at 18:52
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The Visual Studio Productivity Power Pack has a column guide setting which will draw a vertical column guide in the editor.
Column Guides
Draws a vertical line in the code editor to remind developers that their full line of code or comments may not fit one a single screen. Simply place the cursor at the appropriate column and select Add Guideline from the context menu
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Visual Studio 9.0 used to have a way to do this:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Text Editor]
"Guides"="RGB(200, 200, 200) 80"
Taken from: https://gist.github.com/rsneekes/843732
I seem to recall trying to get it to work when I upgraded to VS 2010, but it got to be more trouble than it was worth. I wonder why (or if) they removed it.
Also: Possible duplicate of: Adding a guideline to the editor in Visual Studio
Of course, I find nothing working without some extension past 2008 for myself.
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