Disable code formatting for specific block of code in Visual Studio

Question

How can I disable code formatting for a specific block of code in Visual Studio 2017 (C# 7)?

I have this method:

public CarViewModel(ICarsRepo carsRepo)
{
    ...

    Manufacturers = ToSelectList<Manufacturer>();
    Categories = ToSelectList<Category>();
    States = ToSelectList<State>();
}

And I would like to format it like so:

public CarViewModel(ICarsRepo carsRepo)
{
    ...

    Manufacturers   = ToSelectList<Manufacturer>();
    Categories      = ToSelectList<Category>();
    States          = ToSelectList<State>();
}

But when I press Ctrl K + Ctrl D, it goes back to what it was.

#region inspiration

I would like something to wrap the specific block of code like a #region:

public CarViewModel(ICarsRepo carsRepo)
{
    ...

    #region disable_format

    Manufacturers   = ToSelectList<Manufacturer>();
    Categories      = ToSelectList<Category>();
    States          = ToSelectList<State>();

    #endregion
}

#pragma inspiration

Or not necessarily a region, maybe a pragma used like in this code snippet:

            var parameter = 0;
            var sqlCommand = $"{parameter}";
#pragma warning disable EF1000 // Possible SQL injection vulnerability.
            this.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand(sqlCommand);
#pragma warning restore EF1000 // Possible SQL injection vulnerability.

This is more of an aesthetic preference which might not be shared by most developers, but which I quite like in my code from time to time.

Answer 1

• Visual Studio (reference)

  • To disable formatting: #pragma warning disable format
  • To enable formatting: #pragma warning restore format

      switch (number) {
  #pragma warning disable format
          case 1:    cardinal = "one";     animal = "monkey";     break;
          case 2:    cardinal = "two";     animal = "horse";      break;
          case 3:    cardinal = "three";   animal = "pig";        break;
          case 4:    cardinal = "four";    animal = "chicken";    break;
  #pragma warning restore format
      }
  
  

• Rider (doc)

  • To disable formatting: // @formatter:off
  • To enable formatting: // @formatter:on

      switch (number) {
          // @formatter:off
          case 1:    cardinal = "one";     animal = "monkey";     break;
          case 2:    cardinal = "two";     animal = "horse";      break;
          case 3:    cardinal = "three";   animal = "pig";        break;
          case 4:    cardinal = "four";    animal = "chicken";    break;
          // @formatter:on
      }
  

• Combined

      switch (number) {
  #pragma warning disable format // @formatter:off
          case 1:    cardinal = "one";     animal = "monkey";     break;
          case 2:    cardinal = "two";     animal = "horse";      break;
          case 3:    cardinal = "three";   animal = "pig";        break;
          case 4:    cardinal = "four";    animal = "chicken";    break;
  #pragma warning restore format // @formatter:on
      }
  

Answer 2

This doesn't disable just a block of formatting but it stops Visual Studio from formatting any of your declaration statements.