Indent Provider (Auto-Indent)

Syntax languages support indent providers, which provide functionality for auto-indentation of the code when the Enter key is pressed.

Basic Concepts

Indent providers are classes that implement IIndentProvider that can automatically indent text when the Enter key is pressed.

See the Indent Providers topic for details on how to create and work with indent provider classes.

When an indent provider is associated with a syntax language, SyntaxEditor can take advantage of it to implement its auto-indentation feature.

Registering with a Language

Any object that implements IIndentProvider can be associated with a syntax language by registering it as an IIndentProvider service on the language.

This code creates an XML indent provider and registers it with the syntax language that is already declared in the language variable:

XmlIndentProvider indentProvider = new XmlIndentProvider();
language.RegisterIndentProvider(indentProvider);