Visual Studio randomly adds a lot of spaces to my code

Question

I have a page open writing some code and then out of nowhere after some random time my page reformats and my spaces get turned into tabs. I have to close the file and re-open in order for it to get fixed. Please have a look at the screenshot below.

I am using c# and Visual Studio 2019. I Recently updated to the latest version of visual studio and this is when this started happening. I am now on version 16.11.4. I also installed .NET 5 at the same time so not sure if something there could be messing with visual studio.

Edit: I Think I figured out why the spaces are added. If you look at this new screenshot you will see that it injected the gray lettering where spaces were. I tried clicking around in the empty spaces few times and those gray letters showed up. I Guess the page is having trouble loading all these in until I click on them?

Anyone has any idea why?

In VS menu, click: Help => Send Feedback => Report a Problem... The following may also be helpful: synergex.com/blog/2020/01/24/visual-studio-adaptive-formatting — It all makes cents
– It all makes cents, Commented Oct 10, 2021 at 17:23

Branyac · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-10 17:42:37Z

I had the same problem when I had Resharper installed, and I upgraded to the latest version of Visual Studio.

Are you using Resharper? If yes, disable it or downgrade Visual Studio to a version compatible with your version of Resharper.

fearthelettuce · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-10 17:26:28Z

I believe this is caused by your word wrapping preferences and then resizing your window. Go to File - Preferences - Settings and then search for "wrap" and play around with the settings or turn it off.

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