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C++: Autoindentation of multiline func definitions

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dave_lf	Posted - Sep 26 2013 : 12:31:47 PM Suppose I have a function defined like so: void SomeReallyReallyLongQualifiedFunctionName( int p1, int p2, int p3 ) { ... } Now I decide I want to add a NameSpace::MyClass object as a fourth parameter. As soon as I type the second :, VA adds a bunch of tabs to indent the second line as shown (I had to type spaces here instead of tabs to get it to show up): void SomeReallyReallyLongQualifiedFunctionName( int p1, int p2, int p3, NameSpace:: ) { } I'm reasonably sure it's VA doing this because the behavior goes away if I disable it. Is this a bug or a feature? If it's a feature, is there any way to disable it (I don't see anything relevant looking in the settings)?
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sean	Posted - Nov 18 2013 : 3:05:06 PM case=77157 is fixed in build 2007
dave_lf	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 12:03:26 PM Great, thanks. And you're correct, I don't have "Get content from default Intellisense" checked.
sean	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 12:00:41 PM Sorry for the trouble. Will be fixed in the next release. case=77157
sean	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 11:12:10 AM Ok - I was able to repro. The format does not occur if "Get content from default Intellisense" is checked in the VA Options dialog on the Advanced \| Listboxes page. Investigating...
sean	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 11:07:20 AM And what settings do you have in the VS Options dialog at: Text Editor \| C/C++ \| Tabs
sean	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 11:05:17 AM When you type "NameSpace::" are you typing all of that or are you using any listbox completions?
dave_lf	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 11:01:46 AM VASSISTX > Enable/Disable Visual Assist X Also, for what it's worth, if I select code formatted as in example one a choose EDIT > Advanced > Format Selection, Visual Studio applies this same "correction". So it seems that the VS autoformat action is being triggered for some reason when I type ::.
sean	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 10:58:47 AM What method are you using to disable Visual Assist?
dave_lf	Posted - Sep 27 2013 : 10:50:50 AM No, I didn't have that checked. I actually went through and disabled all my other extensions and addons and unchecked every single VA setting, and I still get this behavior if and only if VA is enabled. Maybe it is a built-in Visual Studio feature that VA disables or overrides when it is loaded? I've been looking for the VS C++ text formatting options, but it seems most of them were removed from the GUI in 2012...
sean	Posted - Sep 26 2013 : 7:25:03 PM I don't think this is a feature of VA. It looks like a feature of Visual Studio however I'm not able to repro with that example. The Visual Studio feature is most often seen at work in switches when typing a case statement. Do you have 'Format after paste' enabled (VA Options \| Advanced \| Corrections)? If so, try disabling that to see if it makes a difference.
dave_lf	Posted - Sep 26 2013 : 12:42:20 PM I should add: VA 10.7.1940.0 built 2013.05.30 VS2012 Professional with update 3 (11.0.60610.01) Edit to add: I updated to 10.8.2001.0 today and the behavior is still there. And another detail I just figured out: this only happens if the start of the function definition is all the way at the left margin.

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