Can visual studio automatically indent / format preprocessing directives?

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How to force indentation of C# conditional directives?

Say I want to type this in Visual Studio:

    class Program
    {
        private const Byte NUM_THREADS =
        #if DEBUG
            1;
        #else
            8;
        #endif
    }

If I simply type it out (i.e. not manually fix any indentation), Visual Studio will format it like this:

    class Program
    {
        private const Byte NUM_THREADS =
#if DEBUG
 1;
#else
        8;
#endif
    }

Is there anything I can do so it automatically indents so it looks like the first example?

What do you mean by "simply type it out"? Do you have some kind of auto-formatting mode turned on? — Greg Hewgill, May 11 '12 at 08:54
@GregHewgill I mean typing and only adding new lines myself, but not pressing tab to add any manual indentation. — David S., May 11 '12 at 08:55
Visual Studio Tools | Option => Text Editor => C# => Formatting has a large number of options, but it looks like pre-processor definitions are always hung to the left (except for #region). — iCollect.it Ltd, May 11 '12 at 09:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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Unfortunately, there is no way to have preprocessor commands follow the code indentation. Wish it did though. :(

It looks like the reason is previous compilers barfed at spaces that appeared before the commands, according to: Indenting #defines

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Nov 07 '12 at 00:22

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score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 06 '12 at 16:47

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Go to Edit menu => Format Document OR Press short cut key Ctrl+K,Ctrl+D (In short Ctrl+K+D) This short cut you can use .html, .aspx. .cs etc...

edited Nov 06 '12 at 16:47

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answered Oct 27 '12 at 05:45

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Have you tried it with pre-processor directives? – Brian Rasmussen Nov 06 '12 at 16:52
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Auto-format does *not* work on preprocessor commands. It works on everything else. – Nyaarium Nov 07 '12 at 00:17
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Except it *does* work on `#region` for some annoying reason, at least in VS 2017. – rory.ap Nov 13 '18 at 15:32

Can visual studio automatically indent / format preprocessing directives?

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