How to turn off brackets/quotes auto-completion in Visual Studio

C#AutocompleteVisual Studio-2012

C# Problem Overview

As it states in the title: how to I turn off brackets/quotes/curly braces autocompletion in MSVS? I'm interested in C# and XAML mostly but other text editors would be nice too.

EDIT: Currently I'm using MSVS 11 with these extensions:

  • AnkhSVN
  • Concurrency Visualizer
  • PreEmptive Analytics Aggregator Visualizer
  • MSVS PerfWatson
  • VsGraphicsDebuggerPkg
  • Web Tooling Extensions

Most of them must have been pre-installed with msvs installation, since I cannot recall installing them by myself ;)

EDIT2: I'm using msvs in this version: Version 11.0.50323.1 QRELB

EDIT3:
I found out the problem does not occur in currently available msvs11.

C# Solutions

Solution 1 - C#

If anyone is having this issue with VS 2013, there is a setting for this now. I just reset my VS settings and it started to complete my braces again. For me, it wasn't productivity power tools. You can turn it on/off here:

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Solution 2 - C#

If anyone is by chance using Resharper you may also want to adjust the settings in

(Resharper Menu, Options) - Environment -> Editor -> Editor Behavior

and

(Resharper Menu, Options) - Environment -> Intellisense -> Completion Behavior

according to your personal preferences, in addition to the built-in Visual Studio settings mentioned by others.

Solution 3 - C#

For Visual Studio 2017:

C# only:

> Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > General > Automatic brace completion

All languages:

> Tools > Options > Text Editor > All Languages > General > Automatic brace completion

Solution 4 - C#

I realize you did not mention the Productivity Power Tools, however it is very easy to turn off with this. This package can be downloaded via nuget I believe.

Once downloaded go to Tools - Options - Productivity Power Tools - then on the right you will see auto Brace Completion. Turn off!

Solution 5 - C#

To turn off the double-quote auto complete for XAML in Visual Studio 2015, it is:

Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> XAML -> Miscellaneous -> Attribute quotes

Solution 6 - C#

For those using the 2017 mac version of visual studio: Preferences > Text Editor > Behavior > Automatic Behaviors > "Insert matching brace"

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Solution 7 - C#

Regarding ReSharper, you might also need to Clear chaches after adjusting settings as Nate Cook described.

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