Format Document button enhancement, to give the ability to select Style
It would be nice if the "Format Document" / "Format Selection" toolbar buttons in SSMS had a drop-down arrow next to them (like the "Other Windows" button in the Standard Toolbar). When pressing that arrow, all available Formatting Styles would appear in order for the user to select the formatting style to use. If the button was directly pressed, the default Style would be used.
If that is difficult, it would be nice to have a separate combobox containing all Styles and use that to perform the formatting when the button is pressed.
Nick A.
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Nick A.
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Great, thanks for considering it. I will use what exists now as a workaround, thanks for pointing it to me, but as you have understood my idea was to be able to apply a different format in one specific document/selection without changing the default.
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AdminDevart
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Dear User,
Thank you for your post!
We will consider adding the ability to select a profile directly when applying formatting commands.
For now, you can achieve this using an existing method, though it's slightly complicated. In the editor's context menu, there's an option to quickly change the active profile. Once the profile is changed, the formatting commands will use the newly selected profile.
Please note that changing the active profile affects all documents, not just the current one, as this action is equivalent to modifying the active formatting profile in the settings.
Best,
Devart Team
