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The column ruler defaults to the 80th character which is way too small. How do I adjust this? (I circled it in red below)

I tried looking for extensions, but according to this post I can't install things like Productivity Power Tools that give me the option to adjust this.

Is there a plist file somewhere that I can edit?

This issue is super frustrating to me, so any help is greatly appreciated.

The column ruler circled in red

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Xavier L.
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You can configure this in the preferences dialog. Select Source Code - Code Formatting. Then select the type of file you want to configure. Most code formatting styles inherit from Text file so you may just want to select that.

Preferences dialog

Then change the Desired file width setting. By default it is 80.

Matt Ward
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  • Wow, I was scouring the "Text Editor" section, and couldn't find it. I can't believe I glossed over the "Source Code" section. Thank you! – Xavier L. Sep 06 '17 at 23:17
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I have checked all settings in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac and I don't find any settings could change the column ruler's size. And I also searching in Visual Studio -> Extensions in Visual Studio for Mac, there also doesn't have such extension could adjust the column ruler.

So I submit this requirement to Visual Studio for Mac User Voice site. You could vote it and add comments from below link.

https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/563332-visual-studio-for-mac/suggestions/31250842-column-ruler-size

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