Visual Studio Hacks

Master IntelliSense #8

Chapter 2, Master the Editor

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HACK

located inside of the method parameters parenthesis, pressing Ctrl-Shift-

Space (Edit.ParameterInfo) will display the parameter information pop up.

Figure 2-9 shows this pop up.

Quick Info

When you move your mouse over a method or variable, you will see a small

tool tip pop up that contains information about that method or variable.

This is commonly called Quick Info. If you are navigating by keyboard, you

can also get this small pop up by pressing Ctrl-K and then Ctrl-I (Edit.

QuickInfo). Using this shortcut is also the only way to bring up this infor-

mational pop up during debug, since the default behavior is to show the

value of the object you are hovering over when using the mouse.

Stub Completion

Another form of autocompletion called stub completion can be very useful

when working with interfaces or event handlers or when overriding a

method. This feature can be used to automatically stub out the methods

required by the interface or the default code for an overridden method or

event handler. This is a feature that was added to Visual Studio .NET 2003,

but its presence is not always obvious when you are coding quickly.

Interface. When you first create a class and add the interface name after the

colon (or the Implements in Visual Basic), a small yellow window will pop

up for just a few seconds, offering you the ability to press the Tab ...