Block auto-format ignore command in visual studio

Question

I love using the Auto Formatting tool in Visual Studio CTRL K + CTRL D However, there are times when VS makes the formatting just a tad off from what I want if, for instance, I'm making a detailed kind of pseudo-code that relies on specific comments and indentation. Is there a way I can still use the CTRL K + CTRL D command and set visual studio to ignore a certain block of code or set of line numbers? Also, if there's an answer in VS 2013 but not in 2012, please post because I may be upgrading soon. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I got hit by this problem today with my pseudo-code comments too and thought I'd share the way I solved it.

While there is no way to prevent Visual Studio from auto-formatting parts of code, there is a way to prevent it from auto-formatting pseudo-code comments.

Instead of using something this like this

  // if condition
     // do this
  // else
     // do something else

use the tripple-slashes /// instead

  /// if condition
  ///    do this
  /// else
  ///    do something else

As a bonus you get automatic insertion of /// in new lines and auto-indenting that keeps previous row's indentation level.

This seems not to depend on editor indentation options. It also seems not to mess up XML documentation

(Yes, I know this is an old question. No, I do not want to take Cameron's right for accepted answer.)