Visual Studio Hacks

Master IntelliSense #8

Chapter 2, Master the Editor

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HACK

When you press the Tab key, you will then see the prompt shown in

Figure 2-13.

When you press the Tab key again, the following code will be inserted into

your document:

private void Car_OnStart(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

}

IntelliSense Comments

When comments exist for a method or class, they are displayed in the

IntelliSense pop up shown in Figure 2-14.

These comments can be created a number of different ways. If you are using

C#, then these comments are pulled from the XML-based comments in your

code, like the following example:

/// <summary>

/// This method loads any number of snippets into the toolbox

/// </summary>

public static void LoadSnippets( )

If you are using C++, these comments are generated based on any com-

ments at the end of the line for the member; if no comments exist at the end

of the line, then any comments on the line directly above the member are

used. Any comments on the declaration are used first; if there are no com-

ments on the declaration, any comments on the definition are used. To get

Figure 2-12. EventHandler IntelliSense before pressing the Tab key

Figure 2-13. EventHandler IntelliSense after pressing the Tab key

Figure 2-14. IntelliSense comments