Question

How can I see the lines which are connecting the braces in Visual Studio or How can I put vertical lines between curly bracket?

I saw this feauture on one of the C# tutorials I've watched... Hope you understand my question :-) Thanks

Like on this screenshot:

Answer 1

First you must install ProductivityPowerTools (it is FREE plugin/add-on):

For Visual Studio 2013 - DOWNLOAD IT FROM HERE: https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/dbcb8670-889e-4a54-a226-a48a15e4cace

For Visual Studio 2015 - DOWNLOAD IT FROM HERE: https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/34ebc6a2-2777-421d-8914-e29c1dfa7f5d

Then: Go to Tools->Options->Productivity Power Tools->Other Extensions

There is an option group called Structure visualizer options.

In there is a checkbox for Show code structure in editor. Turn it off and restart Visual Studio.

See the picture below:

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Actually ProductivityPowerTools is a very nice addition to Visual Studio! :-) Here is one video explaining it's features (fraight from msdn.com :-) https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Launch-2013/VS106

and another one from YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSGzTaUPH8o

Comments

Good advice and excellent addition to Visual Studio! thanks samfred5830