Question

VS2010 or later – is there a way to ‘block’ a block, put it in a {}?

None shortcut-key references I’ve met seem to mention this (nor have I found it in the menus, to tell the truth), but it seems to be something trivial.

Alternatively – can I create such a thing myself (macro?)?

Answer 1

For C# you can create your own snippet similar to ones that shows up when you chose “surround with” from right click menu (Ctrl+K,S) like “do” for “forr”.

Snippet location for “do” – …\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\Visual C#\do.snippet

Your snippet would probably look like

<Code Language="csharp"><![CDATA[do
{
  $selected$ $end$
}]]>
</Code>