These are some of the things we do to make Visual Studio behave the way we like for C++ development:
Menu > Tools > Options > Text Editor > C/C++
- General > Automatic brace completion = Off
- Tabs > Keep tabs
- Advanced > Brace completion > Complete multiline comments = Off
- Code style > Formatting > General > when I paste = Indent and format
- Code Style > Formatting > Indentation > Indent case labels = Off
- Code Style > Formatting > Spacing > Pointer/reference alignment = Leave unchanged
Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts & Colours > Display items > Merge – block selection box = Set both to white
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