Editorconfig In Visual Studio In 10 Minutes or Less

[@ferrarijuan]

What great timing again Tim. We just today discussed this topic and how we are going to go about enforcing common coding styles. This is going to help a lot. Thanks for the video.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Great!

[@EricKing]

Those Visual Studio bugs are embarrassing. Thanks for the video.

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@NiquelBones]

For anyone having issues creating the editorconfig file, it's actually not rendering in the solution explorer, you'll have to open the solution in the regular windows explorer and drag the created file to the IDE to open it, if you're having more issues there is a video called "EditorConfig file doesn't work in Visual Studio 2022? Here is a workaround" that gives a good explanation and solution.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Tsunami14]

I remember a previous video of yours which showed how to set coding styles at a per-user level, and my immediate question was if this can be set per project/solution and checked into source control.
Glad to see this has been addressed.

[@tomthelestaff-iamtimcorey7597]

Thanks for being a consistent and faithful follower of Tim content!

[@YousefSh]

I do wish you ran code cleanup so we can see it in action. But this video helped me understand editorconfig a lot!

[@IAmTimCorey]

Glad it helped!

[@MrBan001]

can I create a .editorconfig that has all values of the default settings from visual studio inside it? Because all the settings which are Visual Studio Settings and not read from the .editorconfig could still be different per developer

[@alekseev74]

Nice feature. Will use it in my new project.

[@IAmTimCorey]

Great!

[@biscuitbakerful]

Tim, I had to add an additional step to get VS to use file scoped namespaces. I had to update my project properties to use C# version 10.
example:

net6.0
10

[@IAmTimCorey]

Are you using VS2019? You shouldn’t need to do that. Glad you got it to work, though.

[@biscuitbakerful]

@@IAmTimCorey I am using VS2022, but we are using .Net 5 at work.

[@almightyknight127]

Thanks man,this is exactly what I was looking for

[@IAmTimCorey]

You are welcome.

[@sandroco]

Very informative, thx :) But in my case the Code Style settings have no effect. If I set "Prefer Braces", "Yes" and "Error", no error is shown when I create a
if(x)
y = x
statement. Even if I restart VS (VS Community 2022) nothing happens. I have added the configfile to the solution. Why's that?

[@milestonetrucks9588]

I do not get a choice of new editor config. I get New Item , or installation config I'm using Visual Studios 2022 running 6.0 ? any help

[@matejlaskomulej]

It doesn't really work well.
```
root = true
[*]
end_of_line = lf
insert_final_newline = true
charset = utf-8
indent_style = space
indent_size = 4
trim_trailing_whitespace = true
```
This for example removes trailing whitespace in *.cs files, but not in *.md. `Ctrl+K,Ctrl+D` doesn't work in markdown at all, and I cannot find the fix with google or chatgpt for the life of me.

[@unnamedsandwich]

Hi previously when I open .editorconfig, it opens with code and not this interface. How do I revert it to that?

[@edburdo]

Hi Tim. Great video. I have a question... when I add the EditorConfig to my solution (VS2019) - It's all text. I don't have the nice UI that you do. Just the text. Is that a plugin, or difference in project types?

[@IAmTimCorey]

I think that’s the problem. I’m using VS2022. If this isn’t for work, VS2022 Community Edition is free and you can install it side by side with VS2019.

[@thelebanesehunter]

I'm trying to add editConfig as you did, also using another way by clicking on the project tab > add new item > search for editorConfig and click on the default one, or the .NET one, but still don't see anything added on my solution explorer, any idea?

[@michael-tsai]

Hi, I think it's a bit late for this. If the issue still exists, I just record a video showing a workaround. You can find that video from my UA-cam channel.

[@richiehatch6719]

I don't have the option to add a new editor config when right-clicking. Does anyone know how to address this?
Edit: I am using VS 2022, and the menu item does not show up even in brand new projects. I do have the intellicode module installed.
Second Edit: For anyone else having issues, as of now, download and install the preview version of 2022.

[@IAmTimCorey]

It sounds like you might have needed an update or a feature added. I'm using Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition (not the preview edition) and it works.

[@richiehatch6719]

@@IAmTimCorey That's crazy, not sure what I need to add then because I can add the new editor config but I still don't have the good looking UI.
I appreciate the response! Let's me know that something still isn't correct.

[@IAmTimCorey]

OK, further update: mine just disappeared with the latest update in VS2022 (non-preview). It is still in the preview version. It must be a glitch. You can still right-click and add new item and add the .NET editorconfig.

[@richiehatch6719]

@@IAmTimCorey Ah! I appreciate the update. I spent far too long trying to figure out why it wasn't working.

[@richardzhang8028]

Right click .editorconfig file, then "Open With ...", then choose resource file, you will get an error. Then you are good.

[@syltis1994]

Anyone has any experience with VS not doing anything when you select the option to add a EditorConfig file? I have to add it manually, and even then VS does not display it in the Solution Explorer. VS 2022.

[@IAmTimCorey]

It is quirky sometimes, for sure.

[@sumanthdsharma]

I created editor configuration file in visual studio 2022 but it never throws any error if do just what you did. Block and other thing it didn't complain of anything.

[@andreibicu5592]

Neither on my side. I wonder why use this instead of other external analyzers ?!

[@christianista]

It's not possible to import this file as default for all projects ?

[@IAmTimCorey]

No, not really. This file is meant to be shared with your team, so even if you set up your Visual Studio to use these defaults, it would not work with your team.

[@TCFdemonblade]

Nice feature, but it is not working properly.
If you init a git repo, the editorconfig won't save anymore.
The only way to use it with git is to generate the file again by using the button from VS Setting.

[@tomthelestaff-iamtimcorey7597]

Thanks for sharing what you encountered.

[@user-rz1hv]

editorconfig is broken in vs 2022, at least for wpf projects, "Syntax tree is required to accomplish the task but is not supported by document [XAML file name].xaml"

[@IAmTimCorey]

Interesting. Have you submitted a ticket about it?

[@user-rz1hv]

@@IAmTimCorey not yet

[@NeZversSounds]

What a BS, I don't have it on VS 2022 as it is shown in the video nor in the documentation under New Item.

[@IAmTimCorey]

If you are on the Windows version of Visual Studio 2022 and have updated, you should have it. If not, submit a support ticket. Also, make sure you are looking in the right spot to add it. It is on the Add menu when clicking on the Solution or Project files. You can also add it manually when adding new files (not new projects).