Configuring the formatting of <% %> blocks in Visual Studio editor

Question

In Visual Studio 2010, under Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> HTML -> Formatting -> Tag Specific Options, there are options for configuring how the editor auto formats differe

Answer 1

Thanks to @schellack for the knudging me in the right direction. Here are the settings I needed to get the behavior I wanted (all within the tag specific options dialog box):

• Default Settings -> Client tag supports contents
  • Line breaks: Before and after
  • (This makes h1, p, and similar tags behave the way I wanted. Others may want None as a choice. Personal preference I suppose.)
• Add a new tag under Client HTML Tags.
  • Tag Name: %
  • Closing tag: No closing tag
  • Line breaks: Before and after
  • (This catches actual code blocks and keeps them separated from HTML markup with line breaks before and after the code blocks.)
• Add another new tag under Client HTML Tags
  • Tag Name: %:
  • Closing tag: No closing tag
  • Line breaks: None
  • (This catches <%: %> blocks and keeps them inline with HTML markup without any line breaks.)
• Add another new tag under Client HTML Tags
  • Tag Name: %=
  • Closing tag: No closing tag
  • Line breaks: None
  • (Similar to the previous one. This catches <%= %> blocks and keeps them inline with HTML markup without any line breaks.)

The trick is that the editor seems to recognize <% %> blocks as a client tag named '%' that has no closing tag. Same deal for <%: %> and <%= %>.

With these settings (combined with the rest of the defaults in Visual Studio) I get formatted markup that looks like the following (which is the compact form I was looking for):

    
<%: Model.Name %>
    

        <% foreach (var item in Model.Items) { %>
        
<%: item %>
        <% } %>
    

As yet, it doesn't appear that the second part of my question is possible.