How to disable automatic indenting when typing ':' in Visual Studio 2008

Question

When i write a classes constructor typing : to start the initialization list of a C++ constructor Visual Studio indents the line when it is right after a namespace directive. Also when i type :: (scope resolution) Visual Studio indents the line, which i found very annoying since the indentation was correct in the first place and i always have to undo Visual Studio's indentation.

Example:

This is what i haved typed:

namespace XY {

MyClass::MyClass()

now i type <space>:, and VS indents:

namespace XY {

     MyClass::MyClass() :

which is not what i, uh, intended.

This behaviour is - strictly speaking - correct, according to the rules of the "Smart Indenting" option of MSVC. But in this context it is not what I want.

Is there a way to turn off smart indenting in this context? I suppose that it is a quite common style not to indent namespace blocks.

Answer 1

The reason for this is behaviour is the preceding namespace directive:

namespace XY {

MyClass::MyClass() 

So MSVC wants to indent the constructor definition.

Mea culpa.

Answer 2

This is for VS9: Go to Tools>Options>Text Editor>C/C++>Tabs. Under Indenting "Smart" will probably be selected. Select "None" and you are bingo.