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I don't know if there's a name for it, but I'd like to automatically indent(/tab?)-align my source for a large related block of code. Like so:

Before:

this._strategies = new Dictionary< Type, IStrategy > { {typeof( Station ), new StationStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Turnout ), new TurnoutStrategy(this)}, {typeof( EndOfLine ), new EndOfLineStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Chainage_Equality ), new ChainageEqualityStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Track_Connector ), new TrackConnectorStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Multimeter ), new MultimeterStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Power_Rail_Gap ), new PowerRailGapStrategy(this)}, {typeof( EndOfWire ), new EndOfWireStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Grounding_Point ), new GroundingPointStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Busbar ), new BusbarStrategy(this)}, {typeof( AARU ), new AutomaticAssuredReceptivityUnitStrategy(this)}, {typeof( TPS ), new TractionPowerSubstationStrategy(this)}, {typeof( AutoTransformer ), new AutotransformerStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Energy_Storage ), new EnergyStorageStrategy(this)}, };

After:

this._strategies = new Dictionary< Type, IStrategy > { {typeof( Station ), new StationStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Turnout ), new TurnoutStrategy(this)}, {typeof( EndOfLine ), new EndOfLineStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Chainage_Equality ), new ChainageEqualityStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Track_Connector ), new TrackConnectorStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Multimeter ), new MultimeterStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Power_Rail_Gap ), new PowerRailGapStrategy(this)}, {typeof( EndOfWire ), new EndOfWireStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Grounding_Point ), new GroundingPointStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Busbar ), new BusbarStrategy(this)}, {typeof( AARU ), new AutomaticAssuredReceptivityUnitStrategy(this)}, {typeof( TPS ), new TractionPowerSubstationStrategy(this)}, {typeof( AutoTransformer ), new AutotransformerStrategy(this)}, {typeof( Energy_Storage ), new EnergyStorageStrategy(this)}, };

I know of the Ctrl+K, Ctrl+F as suggested here, and I use that all the time but it's not what I'm looking for.

I've tried tabbing over the code manually but I don't want to do that every time.

I'm looking for a Visual Studio extension.

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  • This extension may help, but everyone involved with the code must have it installed: alwaysaligned.net Commented Sep 8, 2016 at 13:00
  • @LucasTrzesniewski AlwaysAligned is what I want, but it's $40 per user. I was looking for something in the realm of $Free.99 Commented Sep 8, 2016 at 13:11
  • @Brandon there's also a big "download a free copy" button at the top of the page. Weird. Commented Sep 8, 2016 at 13:31
  • @MickyD Sure. Here's what I've done to solve the problem: I tab the characters over manually every time. Here's what I don't want to do: tab the characters over every time. I'll add it to the question. I was looking for a VS Extension, should've mentioned that. Thanks for the downvote though. Commented Sep 8, 2016 at 13:32
  • @LucasTrzesniewski Guess I overlooked and only saw the Buy Licenses button. Commented Sep 8, 2016 at 13:35

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I was using Code Alignment VisualStudio extention for such purpose.

Here is what it can do(taken from official website)

 person.FirstName = "Chris"; => person.FirstName = "Chris"; person.Surname = "McGrath"; => person.Surname = "McGrath"; person.Age = 24; => person.Age = 24; person.Occupation = "Software Developer"; => person.Occupation = "Software Developer"; person.HomeTown = "Brisbane"; => person.HomeTown = "Brisbane";
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