Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft® Visual Studio®

06.61 Understanding Tag Specific Options

WINDOWS	Alt,T, O
MENU	Tools | Options | Text Editor | HTML | Formatting
COMMAND	Tools.Options
VERSIONS	2005, 2008, 2010
CODE	vstipEdit0090

In vstipEdit0089 (06.47 Format the Current Document or Selection (Web), on page 265), I showed you how to use selection formatting on a sample.

Let’s say you don’t like the way <DIV> tags are formatted. You can go to Tools | Options | Text Editor | HTML | Formatting and click the Tag Specific Options button.

Exploring the Tag Specific Options Dialog Box

This dialog box is somewhat complicated, so let’s go though it one area at a time. For reference, the following illustration provides a bird’s eye view to help us stay oriented as we go along.

Tree view

Allows you to select either ...