Automatically move { opening braces down to a new line when pressing enter

[apotenza92]

Hi all,
I've come across other older issues raised to have opening braces such as { automatically move down to the new line once enter is pressed and the cursor is inside the brace.
As far as I'm aware these were made before the more modern C# extension was created and are issues with the older Omnisharp LSP.

Describe the solution you would like

A setting for the VSCode C# Extension that allows for automatic moving of opening braces { to a newline.
This is the way it works in other C# editors like Visual Studio and Rider.

Applicable Scenarios

In what scenarios would the feature apply?

Currently:

class Car {*cursor here press enter*}

Results in the following after pressing enter:

class Car {
    *cursor here*
}

Proposed { setting enabled would result in the following after pressing enter:

class Car
{
    *cursor here*
}

Describe alternatives you've considered

The extension C# Curly Formatter achieves this but it should be a simple included option in the C# extension. This extension also has some issues conflicting with other extension such as Vim.

[astralmaster]

I cant believe this is still an issue in 2024.

[scriptBoris]

I can't believe that such a problem exists at all.

[B1ack3ye]

I can't believe that such a problem exists for 7 years without a fix.

[Minihacker3k]

Anyone got a solution by any chance it triggers me alot...

[achobanov]

@ryzngard can we please mark this as a feature request as well?

[ryzngard]

Thanks for the ping @achobanov , idk why this wasn't marked as untriaged :/ . Updated the labels

[Consumedgrub2]

Bruh why. This is annoying that this exists. I was wondering why my brackets weren't going on a new line. I'm pretty sure brackets on new lines is supposed to be a csharp code formatting standard.

[phil-allen-msft]

There seems to be some similarities between this issue and dotnet/razor#11266, though the other issue is specifically VS and this is for VS Code.

[david-siegert]

I’m genuinely astonished that this is an issue. How is this even possible? This is a fundamental aspect of the C# standard, and yet even Microsoft, who established this standard, has introduced a bug like this. It’s baffling. With problems like this, I can’t understand how anyone could rely on VS Code for C# development.

[apotenza92]

We're almost at the 1 year anniversary of this now. Any idea from people in the know if this could become a thing? @achobanov @ryzngard. Appreciate your efforts in responding in the first place.

[JoeRobich]

A change to format on type has been made to the Roslyn LSP. It will flow into the C# extension later this week and be part of a future pre-release. Do note that format on type will need to be enabled.