title: How to view column-aligned CSV files in Visual Studio editor
body: <p>Opening a .csv file in Visual Studio produces an unreadable jumbled mess.  Is there any way to set up Visual Studio to automatically format these files in columns (a "grid-view", so to speak) so I can edit them directly in the IDE?  Are there any tricks or workarounds or extensions that could make these files more easily readable?</p>
  
  <p>(VSCode has what looks to be <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GrapeCity.gc-excelviewer" rel="noreferrer">a fantastic extension</a> for this sort of thing, but alas, it <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50263441/using-vscode-extensions-in-visual-studio">won't work</a> in Visual Studio Pro/Enterprise. Also, BeyondCompare4 does this automatically, and Notepad++ has the TextFX plugin which supports this as well. Has no one ever produced such a plugin for VS?)</p>
  
  <p>(UPDATE: I have created <a href="https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/917562/display-csv-files-in-tabular-format-in-the-editor.html" rel="noreferrer">a feature request here</a>. Please vote for it if you upvote this ticket.)</p>