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Delete Horizontal White Space

3 Apr 2010 5:02 PM
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Keyboard:  CTRL + K, CTRL + \
Menu:  Edit -> Advanced -> Delete Horizontal White Space
Command:  Edit.DeleteHorizontalWhiteSpace
Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  4/3/2010
Code:  vstipEdit0037

 

Want to get rid of some extra spaces?  You can!  First find a line that has some extra white space you want to get rid of:

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Put your cursor in the extra white space:

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Then go to Edit -> Advanced -> Delete Horizontal White Space or hit CTRL + K, CTRL + \ and it will get rid of the extra space:

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Interestingly, this also works between things as well just find some space and put your cursor in it:

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Then blow the extra space away:

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NOTE:  it will leave one space when you use this feature BETWEEN things.

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Comments
  • Michael L Perry
    4 Apr 2010 5:21 AM

    Awesome! One guy on My team is always using backspace at the beginning of a line to delete the line. I can actually see the spaces jump to the end of the previous one. Now at least I can quickly clean up after him.

  • JD
    29 Mar 2011 4:47 PM

    This is so screwed up  in VS 2010 that it is no longer usable. If you the alt + mouse Left to drag select text then press delete white space you are toast.

    It removes all spacing on all but the first line.

  • 29 Mar 2011 5:05 PM

    JD,

    I'm not sure what you are saying here.  None of the versions have supported doing box selection with delete horizontal white space.  You can select entire lines and it works just as expected.  Let me know what you were expecting.

    Z

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