Text editor vertical lines on statements

Question

In other text editors, such as Notepad++, if statements among other things had a vertical line connecting the if to the else, and the else

Answer 1

This feature is now available as part of Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools. This is a free extension from Microsoft.

Productivity Power Tools 2013

Productivity Power Tools 2015

It comes bundled with a large number of other tools which you may or may not want. These features can be enabled or disabled in the Visual Studio options screen under Productivity Power Tools.

This is specifically part of the Structure Visualizer feature, which includes other sub features, such as code outlining in the margin, that can also be enabled or disabled individually.