Reset cursor to approximate source position after reformatting in SSMS, VS and NPP

[TaoK]

Algorithm something like this:

• Determine the position of the start of the selection (start point)
• Determine the position of the end of the selection (end point)
• Determine the length of the selection (end point - start point = original length)
• Determine the position of the cursor within the selection, in characters (original pos)
• Get the formatted content to replace the selection
• Determine the length of the new content (new length)
• Determine the new position within the selection (new length * original pos / original length = new pos)
• Replace the selection
• Place the cursor at the required position (adding the "start point" to the "new pos" value to get the absolute position within the window content)

Suggested by Paul

[steelwil]

or

• go to end of current line
• put in a special comment saving the your current cursor position--$$PoorMansBookmark@Colum-nn$$
• Format the document
• go to the special comment and get the cursor column position
• remove the special comment
• go to your previous column