How to turn off brackets/quotes auto-completion in Visual Studio

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As it states in the title: how to I turn off brackets/quotes/curly braces autocompletion in MSVS? I'm interested in C# and XAML mostly but other text editors would be nice too.

EDIT: Currently I'm using MSVS 11 with these extensions:

AnkhSVN
Concurrency Visualizer
PreEmptive Analytics Aggregator Visualizer
MSVS PerfWatson
VsGraphicsDebuggerPkg
Web Tooling Extensions

Most of them must have been pre-installed with msvs installation, since I cannot recall installing them by myself ;)

EDIT2: I'm using msvs in this version: Version 11.0.50323.1 QRELB

EDIT3:
I found out the problem does not occur in currently available msvs11.

Do you have an extension like ReSharper. I am not aware of any built in functionality to do this. — cadrell0, Jun 15 '12 at 17:56
It must be something new to Visual Studio 11, which I believe was renamed 2012. You may want to use the version specific tag since you are using a beta/rc. — cadrell0, Jun 15 '12 at 18:59

score 191 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 17:49

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If anyone is having this issue with VS 2013, there is a setting for this now. I just reset my VS settings and it started to complete my braces again. For me, it wasn't productivity power tools. You can turn it on/off here:

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answered Mar 12 '14 at 17:49

Bob Horn

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Alas it doesn't have any effect on the Watch Window among other things. – Roman Starkov Dec 18 '14 at 00:35
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Doesn't work in VS2012 as per the question's tag. The Resharper suggestion from another answer's comments does however work. – nathanchere Apr 09 '15 at 11:10
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But is there a way to disable the completion of double-quotes instead of just the braces. When you start type the opening double-quotes, it completes the closing one and that's annoying for me (wasn't like that until VS2013)... – TheCuBeMan Jul 27 '15 at 12:58
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For C/C++ it's just Tools > Options > Text Editor > c/c++ > Automatic brace completion – Doug Null Jan 14 '16 at 19:19
To add to @DougNull's comment, I found it convenient to disable it in "Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> All Languages" and be done with it. – Stefan Monov Jul 21 '16 at 15:08
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In VS 2015 it has been moved from C# to `All Languages`. – Stephen Hosking Sep 21 '16 at 22:56
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Why in the name of god this option is not shown in the Text Editor -> C# settings when you search for 'brace' is beyond me... http://imgur.com/a/vW2Z2 – fostandy Oct 19 '16 at 06:40
Works for VS2017! "Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> All Languages" – Just a HK developer Jun 22 '17 at 08:45
in vs 2015 it keeps reverting to checked after unchecking once per day. I set it in the morning and the rest of the day I am ok until the next day and I have to uncheck it again. – Mike Jun 26 '17 at 14:23

score 39 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '15 at 15:27

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If anyone is by chance using Resharper you may also want to adjust the settings in

(Resharper Menu, Options) - Environment -> Editor -> Editor Behavior

and

(Resharper Menu, Options) - Environment -> Intellisense -> Completion Behavior

according to your personal preferences, in addition to the built-in Visual Studio settings mentioned by others.

answered Nov 10 '15 at 15:27

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The first one of those is what worked for me (btw I'm not using C# but C++ with ReSharper C++). Changing the Visual Studio settings in the VS options wasn't enough. – Stefan Monov Jun 18 '16 at 13:52
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To add to my previous comment: changing the R# setting alone isn't enough either. Both the VS settings and the R# setting needs to be changed. – Stefan Monov Jul 21 '16 at 14:59
This also works for Visual Studio 2017 with the latest edition of ReSharper. – Mike Upjohn Oct 18 '17 at 09:40
I don't understand the difference between these two settings. I turned both off! – Mohammad Dehghan Aug 18 '22 at 12:45

Soenhay · Answer 3 · 2017-11-07T13:58:42.630

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For Visual Studio 2017:

C# only:

Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > General > Automatic brace completion

All languages:

Tools > Options > Text Editor > All Languages > General > Automatic brace completion

edited Nov 07 '17 at 13:58

answered Aug 01 '17 at 19:18

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Doesn't work in VS 2017. It doesn't save this option. – Jan Macháček Oct 30 '17 at 16:25
@JanMacháček I seem to have left out the "Text Editor" part of the path. You should be able to find it now. – Soenhay Nov 07 '17 at 14:00
Works in VS 2019, too – Aria Nov 28 '20 at 18:51
Doesn't work for quotes!!! – Yola Aug 24 '22 at 14:16
Tested in VS2022 and it still works for brackets and quotes. – Soenhay Sep 07 '22 at 15:43

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 15 '12 at 18:27

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I realize you did not mention the Productivity Power Tools, however it is very easy to turn off with this. This package can be downloaded via nuget I believe.

Once downloaded go to Tools - Options - Productivity Power Tools - then on the right you will see auto Brace Completion. Turn off!

answered Jun 15 '12 at 18:27

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I didn't mention it because I'm not using it - that's the only reason. Unfortunatelly PPT did not run under msvs 11 @ the time I was installing the IDE. – SOReader Jun 15 '12 at 18:35
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Well my last stab at it. you can install re-sharpers 30 day trail and then turn it off. Under options - Environment - Editor – retslig Jun 15 '12 at 20:05
@retslig, That fixed my vs 2010 brace completion issue! Thanks. – Chris Jan 04 '13 at 16:27

score 10 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 01 '17 at 16:30

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To turn off the double-quote auto complete for XAML in Visual Studio 2015, it is:

Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> XAML -> Miscellaneous -> Attribute quotes

answered Feb 01 '17 at 16:30

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Thank you. It is terrible in the XAML editor. I don't know how they thought it would be a productivity gain to have to reach over to `End`, `->`, or `Del` as you're trying to type your XAML. – xr280xr Sep 23 '19 at 22:56

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 08 '18 at 23:08

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For those using the 2017 mac version of visual studio: Preferences > Text Editor > Behavior > Automatic Behaviors > "Insert matching brace"

answered Feb 08 '18 at 23:08

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This answer does not answer how to turn off automatic quote completion. Does anyone know how to do this? Examining the same areas of Visual Studio 2017, I don't find a command for quotation marks and auto-completion. – Su Llewellyn Aug 14 '18 at 15:16
This setting doesn't seem to actually disable auto brace insertion. Does VS for Mac need to be restarted? Tried closing and reopening the file, no luck. Using vs vim extension, wonder if that's conflicting... – Max Dec 11 '18 at 05:09

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 26 '22 at 21:44

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Version 17.2.3 of Visual Studio: Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Uncheck Automatic Brace Completion

answered Sep 26 '22 at 21:44

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albin · Answer 8 · 2019-10-20T13:53:10.017

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Regarding ReSharper, you might also need to Clear chaches after adjusting settings as Nate Cook described.

edited Oct 20 '19 at 13:53

answered Oct 19 '19 at 14:59

albin

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Hi @albin, this will look like a comment, unless you add some more information that make your answer a complete solution to the original question. – Giulio Caccin Oct 19 '19 at 15:17

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 02 '22 at 10:01

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Click on Tools / Options menu, go to Text Editor / All Languages / General and then disable the option "Automatic brace completion".

You can also search for the option using the keyword 'brace'

answered Jun 02 '22 at 10:01

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