Stop Visual Studio from appending numbers to the end of new controls
- by techturtle
I am wondering if there is any way to stop Visual Studio 2010 from appending a number to the end of the ID on new controls I create. For example, when I add a new TextBox, I would prefer that it do this:
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox" runat="server">
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox" runat="server">
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox" runat="server">
Instead of this:
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server">
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server">
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server">
It would make it easier to rename them appropriately, so I don't have to arrow/mouse over and delete the number each time. As I was writing this, the "Questions that may already have your answer" suggested this:
How do I prevent Visual Studio from renaming my controls?
which admittedly was the biggest part of my annoyance, but that appears to turn off putting in an ID="" field altogether, not just for pasted controls. It would still be helpful to turn off the numbering for new, non-pasted controls and have it not rename pasted ones as well. At the moment I'm working with ASP.NET, but it would be nice if it there was a way to do it for WinForms as well.
Before anyone suggests it, I do know that allowing it to append the numbers prevents name conflicts should I not rename them appropriately. However, I would much rather have it fail to compile so I know to fix the issue now (if I forget to name something properly) rather than find random "TextBox1" items lying around in the code later on.
