Setting Editor Options in Visual Studio 2010

The editor is very configurable, and there are more options available than many people

realize. You can view available options by selecting Tools | Options to show the Options

window in Figure 2-5. As you can see from the figure, selecting Environment | Fonts And

Colors allows you to change the appearance of VS. Regarding our current discussion of

the editor, this is where you can customize the coloration of code elements that appear

in the editor.

Most editor customizations are in a language-specific branch of the Options window.
Figure 2-6 shows the options available for C# programmers.

Figure 2-5 The Options window

Figure 2-6 C# code editor options

The Options window in Figure 2-6 is opened to Text Editor, C#, Formatting New

Lines. As you can see, there are very detailed settings for even how the editor automatically

formats new lines and where braces appear. If the code doesn't format the way you want it

to, visit this page to set the options to what you please.