When creating a C# template in Visual Studio, my using directives are being moved out of the namespace, causing issues with my header

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I have tried this solution, and applied the following formatting (changes where needed) to all files (Class\Class.cs, CodeFile\CodeFile.cs, Interface\Interface.cs, WebClass\CLass.cs):

namespace $rootnamespace$
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    $if$ ($targetframeworkversion$ >= 3.5)using System.Linq;
    $endif$using System.Text;
    $if$ ($targetframeworkversion$ >= 4.5)using System.Threading.Tasks;
    $endif$
    
    class $safeitemrootname$
    {
    }
}

My template files themselves look like so:

//

// Header

//
namespace $safeprojectname$
{
    using x;

    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {
        }
    }
}

But once I create a new file with the template, my file ends up looking like so:

// 

// Header

using x;
using y;

//
namespace MyNameSpace
{
    internal class Program
    {
        private static void Main(string[] args)
        {

        }
    }
}

It's not difficult to fix by hand, but I wish it could be done automatically

It seems that this answers your question: [Stop Visual Studio from putting using directives outside namespace](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26629264/stop-visual-studio-from-putting-using-directives-outside-namespace) — showdev, Apr 12 '21 at 20:35
@showdev, I cited that as one of the things I tried, but thanks for the effort — Pavel Sushko, Apr 12 '21 at 21:37
@HansPassant thank you, that fixed it. Quick question though, why not post that as an answer? — Pavel Sushko, Apr 12 '21 at 21:37
You already posted the solution in your question, I just linked back to it. — Hans Passant, Apr 12 '21 at 21:39
@PavelSushko You said that post answered your question. Is that not the case? It's the post that includes the answer linked by Hans. — showdev, Apr 12 '21 at 22:46
@showdev, yeah it's correct, I didn't check 3 answers down, that's my fault. Thank you — Pavel Sushko, Apr 14 '21 at 20:56

When creating a C# template in Visual Studio, my using directives are being moved out of the namespace, causing issues with my header

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