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Adding a guideline to the editor in Visual Studio

Is there a way to display a vertical line at 80 or 100 characters in the editor of Visual Studio?

I know it is possible in Eclipse and coudn’t find it in VS.

This vertical marker line help seeing when to break a line of code for people that do not go over 80 or 100 characters per line of code.

I am a Java developer that currently develop in C#, my habbit may not correspond to C# style guide.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you are using VS 2010, you can install the Productivity Power Tools extension, which provides this functionality.

The feature you’re looking for is called “Column Guides”. The PPT website states:

Simply place the cursor at the appropriate column and select Add Guideline from the context menu