Razor code formatting issue with Visual Studio 2022

Question

With Visual Studio 2022 (across multiple minor/patch versions) and ReSharper 2021.3, I have a formatting issue with C# tags in Razor (.cshtml) views.

Given the following existing code:

If I type Ctrl + K + D (format entire document), Visual Studio produces the following result:

The HTML tags formatting is fine, but the Razor tags formatting is a lot harder to read, especially for nested lambdas at the bottom.

I have tried different things, but I can't figure out the proper option in Visual Studio Settings or ReSharper Settings to manage these rules.

Answer 1

I had the same issue, and this solution fixed it: Use legacy Razor editor for ASP.NET Core.

• Go to Tools → Options → Text Editor → HTML → Advanced.
• Set “Use legacy Razor editor for ASP.NET Core” to true.
• Restart Visual Studio.

• Additionally, you can refer to this answer Intellisense in razor/cshtml files not working (Visual Studio 2022)

Answer 2

I postponed upgrading to .NET 6 because of this. It's definitely a bug and is not linked to ReSharper or .NET versions; it's the IDE itself.

You can see the bug report here on the developer community page:

VS 2022 Razor Editor not formatting HTML

And on GitHub:

VS 2022 Razor Editor not formatting HTML #8006

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