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Asked: 2026-06-11T06:04:59+00:00

In Visual Studio 2010, is it possible to change the formatting of HTML documents

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In Visual Studio 2010, is it possible to change the formatting of HTML documents such that it doesn’t indent for <asp:*> sections? I’m trying to achieve this:

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="content" runat="server">
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
    ...
    </body>
</html>
</asp:content>

Rather than this:

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="content" runat="server">
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
        <head>..</head>
        <body>..</body>
    </html>
</asp:content>

So that what eventually gets served to the browser has nothing before the <!DOCTYPE html>:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>..</head>
    <body>..</body>
</html>

Which is just neater, and I think probably less error-prone.

I know I could just manually format the document and then never use the auto-format option (ctrl+k ctrl+d), but that’s just annoying.

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  1. Editorial Team

    For specific ASP tags

    Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> HTML -> Formatting -> then hit the button marked ‘Tag Specific options’ on the right pane -> then chose ASP.Net Controls on the left pane. Then choose the tag you wish to modify (asp:placeholder) and uncheck the checkbox marked ‘Indent contents’.

    For all server tags

    In the “Tag specific options” windows, under “Default Settings” select “Server tag supports contents” and uncheck “Indent contents”.

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