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Edward Tanguay
Edward Tanguay

Reputation: 193462

How can I toggle word wrap in Visual Studio?

Does Visual Studio .NET have a way to toggle word-wrap on and off?

I am used to this feature in Eclipse which allows you to right click and toggle word wrap on and off so that when you have long lines that extend out to the right, you don't have to move the bottom scroll bar right and left to read your code/html: http://web.archive.org/web/20131027224437/http://ahtik.com:80/blog/2006/06/18/first-alpha-of-eclipse-word-wrap-released/

Upvotes: 404

Views: 190743

Answers (12)

Abhishek Saha
Abhishek Saha

Reputation: 21

In VS Code === Version: 1.52.1

  1. Open VS Code settings

  2. From the settings find the settings.json file and open it

  3. add this code - "editor.accessibilitySupport": "off"

If you already added "editor.accessibilitySupport" with the value "on" before then simply turn it to "off". This is the code worked for me when I faced the same problem while working with one of my JS Project.😄

Upvotes: 2

Micah
Micah

Reputation: 116240

Following Manage word wrap in the editor:

  • When viewing a document: Edit / Advanced / Word Wrap (Ctrl+E+W)
  • General settings: Tools / Options / Text Editor / All Languages / Word wrap
  • Or search for 'word wrap' in the Quick Launch box.

Known issues

Unfortunately word wrap in Visual Studio looks much worse than other editors such as Visual Studio Code -- the margins are inconsistent. This is bug https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Unexpected-and-sporadic-indents-when-usi/10635809

Word wrap in Visual Studio 2022:

word wrap in Visual Studio

Word wrap in Visual Studio Code:

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Upvotes: 771

Himabindu
Himabindu

Reputation: 684

keyboard shortcuts in visual studio

(alt + z) => toggle word wrap

Upvotes: 8

Judel5
Judel5

Reputation: 51

For Visual Studio 2017 do the following:

Tools > Options > All Languages, then check or uncheck the checkbox based on your preference. As you can see in below image :

Upvotes: 5

Yvonne.D
Yvonne.D

Reputation: 163

In latest version.

1.click the left bottom of the icon setting

2.select setting setting

3.select "text editor"> "word wrap" on word wrap

Upvotes: 4

Alarion
Alarion

Reputation: 427

In Visual Studio 2005 Pro:

Ctrl + E, Ctrl + W

Or menu Edit → Advanced → Word Wrap.

Upvotes: 11

netadictos
netadictos

Reputation: 7720

In Visual Studio 2008 it is Ctrl + E + W.

Upvotes: 6

Ian Jacobs
Ian Jacobs

Reputation: 5501

Use menu Edit → Advanced → Word Wrap in Visual Studio 2003.

Upvotes: 5

Zachary Young
Zachary Young

Reputation:

In Visual Studio 2008, CTRL+E+W.

Upvotes: 8

Todd Smith
Todd Smith

Reputation: 17282

I use this feature often enough that I add a custom button to the command bar.

  1. Click on the Add or Remove Buttons -> Customize
  2. Click on the Commands tab
  3. Click Add Command...
  4. Select Edit (or Edit|Advanced for newer VS versions) from the list
  5. Find Toggle Word Wrap and drag it onto your bar

Upvotes: 31

Colonel Panic
Colonel Panic

Reputation: 137492

As of Visual Studio 2013, the word wrap feature is finally usable—it respects indentation. There's still a couple of issues (line highlighting, selection), but it's worth using. Here's how

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Upvotes: 17

gonzobrains
gonzobrains

Reputation: 8036

  1. Open the output window.

  2. Look for the little icon on the very right-hand side of the toolbar that starts with the text "Show output from:" in it. It looks like a small window with a carriage return icon. When you hover over it Visual Studio should display "Toggle Word Wrap" near your mouse pointer.

  3. Click that icon.

You now have learned something that was so painfully obvious I feel embarrassed for not knowing this long ago and thus have chosen to pay my dues and share my answer with others so they don't suffer the same agony I have.

Seriously, this is really useful for those with small screens. I have a small Lilliput USB monitor that is good for small tool windows, Skype IM, etc. It works great for putting the output window on, except that it sucks having to always sideways scroll. After just putting up with sideways scroll for months I finally decided to see if I could make it word wrap. The answer was so easy but the amount of time/effort it saves is tremendous.

Upvotes: 8

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