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What is this dashed line called that aligns function blocks in my IDE?


The SPE IDE that I use for my Python code uses this "visual cue" that looks like a vertical dashed line for alignment of (what I would call) function blocks. How can I get this option in Visual Studio 2008?

Here is what it looks like:


Solution

  • I've seen it called structural highlighting or code outlining.

    There's a Visual Studio plug-in called CodeRush from Developer Express that supports this (bottom of the page) and a lot more.

    update:

    As divo mentioned, there is a free lite version of CodeRush. I confirmed that it includes structural highlighting.