Align code using tab in VS 2010

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This might be a personal preference, but I'm bit used to do this kind of aligning using tabs

        Application excelApplication    = null;
        Workbooks workBooks             = null;
        Workbook activeWorkBook         = null;
        Worksheet activeWorkSheet       = null;

Is there anyway I can get it done automatically using some key combinations? At the moment I do align/indent using tabs manually. I know Ctrl K + Ctrl F exists, but it does't give the above alignment/indentation.

Any plugins/ formatting tips are highly appreciated. I also use Resharper, is there a setting in Resharper which can do this?

possible duplicate of [ReSharper formatting: align equal operands](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1286806/resharper-formatting-align-equal-operands) — Andrew Hare, Feb 08 '12 at 00:30

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 08 '12 at 00:39

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Go here and download the 'Productivity'Tools for VS2010: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef

Scroll down to the paragraph Align Assignments, it does what you want.

answered Feb 08 '12 at 00:39

Jeremy Thompson

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A bit off-topic, but do you know of any equivalent for Eclipse? – Teo Klestrup Röijezon Feb 08 '12 at 02:28
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@Nullable looks like it doesn't work over several lines of code: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2378258/what-is-the-auto-alignment-shortcut-key-in-eclipse – Jeremy Thompson Feb 08 '12 at 02:37
It also doesn't appear to use tabs, only spaces, which causes issues for some people. – Philter Nov 28 '12 at 16:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '12 at 20:46

CodeAlignment - MUCH better than Productivity Tools. CodeAlignment can align on just about any character while Productivity Tools can only do "="

And I discovered that CA is smart about code blocks. Without highlighting anything CA will align an entire code block - put the cursor on any line and it affects all lines above and below that line until it gets to a blank line. Alternatively you can select the desired lines first.

Align code using tab in VS 2010

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