How to change the formatting of the "Use Object Initializer" refactoring in Resharper?

Question

When I refactor the following line:

Employee e = new Employee();
e.First = "Frank";
e.Last = "Rizzo";

using Resharper's "Use Object Initializer", I get the following:

Employee e = new Employee
             {
                 First = "Frank",
                 Last = "Rizzo"
             };

I really hate this type of formatting because with longer object names and variables it just gets out of control. How can I get Resharper to do the following?

Employee e = new Employee
{
    First = "Frank",
    Last = "Rizzo"
};

I wonder who came up with this idea in the first place. No one in their right mind would indent initializers like that. — neo2862, Dec 20 '10 at 09:57
I have it on good authority that it was someone in their left mind. — JYelton, Dec 23 '10 at 23:22
no no don't change the Resharper default settings, it's perfect :-) — Karsten, Jan 25 '11 at 10:19
related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/747351/custom-brace-formatting-with-resharper — mbx, Aug 26 '11 at 13:48
Here are some useful Resharper formatting settings… http://daniellang.net/5-resharper-settings-for-c4-coding/ — Stephen Oberauer, Jun 05 '14 at 13:00

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '10 at 23:17

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You can get very close to what you want in Resharper 4.5.

Resharper>Options

Languages>C#>Formatting Style>Other

under Other uncheck "Indent array, object and collection initializer block."

answered Jan 20 '10 at 23:17

Handcraftsman

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Using this with Version 5 gives 1 tab indent instead of 0. better than nothing... – mbx Aug 26 '11 at 13:37
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found answer to that on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/747351/custom-brace-formatting-with-resharper – mbx Aug 26 '11 at 13:49
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Does anyone have an answer for ReSharper 7.1.2? It is already unchecked but still indents wrongly. – John Jelinek Apr 22 '13 at 15:57

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '13 at 10:51

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In Resharper 7 this option is here:

Resharper / Option / C# / Formatting Style / Braces Layout set Array and object initializer to: "At next line (BSD style)"

answered Apr 30 '13 at 10:51

davidhq

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I don't know about RS7, but in RS6 that's quite definitely not the right place — the setting in Formatting > Other determines whether the indent set here is relative to the start of the line or to the initializer statement. The live preview on each setting will show you what I mean better than words can explain it :) – Owen Blacker Sep 05 '13 at 13:25
@David Krmpotic is correct about RS7, and RS8 has it in the same place. – SWalters Feb 04 '14 at 14:51
In Reshaper 8 the setting to not indent the object initializer is Resharper / Option / C# / Formatting Style / Other / Align Multiline Constructs / Array, object and collection initializer – Graham Ambrose Mar 24 '15 at 12:05

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '18 at 13:18

In R# 2018.2.3 This is in:

ReSharper -> Options -> Code Editing -> C# -> Formatting Style -> Line Breaks And Wrapping -> Arrangement of Initializers

There is multiple settings you can play with there, namely:

Keep existing arrangement of initializers
Max object and collection initializer elements on a single line

How to change the formatting of the "Use Object Initializer" refactoring in Resharper?

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