Disabling copy of empty text in Visual Studio
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I have somehow misconfigured fingers. This leads to a very annoying situation.
- I select a block of text to copy;
- I move the cursor the place where I want to paste the code;
- I accidentally press Ctrl+C again instead of Ctrl+V;
- My block of copied text is replaced by an empty block;
- I have to go back and do it all over again. Grrrrr.
Is there any way to disable this behavior, that is to disable copy of empty blocks of text in Visual Studio 2005+?
Visual Studio Solutions
Solution 1 - Visual Studio
It's not copying an empty block, it's copying the blank line. You can change this setting in Tools > Options > Text Editor > All Languages > 'Apply Cut or Copy Commands to blank lines when there is no selection'
Solution 2 - Visual Studio
Press CTRL+SHIFT+V twice.
Solution 3 - Visual Studio
I'm using Visual Studio 2008 (but I believe this answer applies to Visual Studio 2005).
Select Tools -> Options.
Navigate to the "Text Editor" node and expand it.
Expand "All Languages" (or whatever language you want to apply this to) and check the "Apply Cut or Copy commands to blank lines when there is no selection".
Solution 4 - Visual Studio
> The option that saved my sanity is found in Tools - Options - Text Editor - All Languages - General. There's a checkbox Apply Cut or Copy commands to blank lines when there is no selection. Unchecking this allowed me to hit Ctrl+C all i want on a blank line without losing the content on my clipboard.
Solution 5 - Visual Studio
Go to Tools > Options > Text Editor > All Languages > General
The option on that page is "Apply Cut or Copy commands to blank lines when there is no selection"
Solution 6 - Visual Studio
For some reason that option didn't work for me (VS2010)
The answer mentioned here where you assign Ctrl+C to the macro worked however https://stackoverflow.com/questions/108094/disabling-single-line-copy-in-visual-studio