Auto Declare allows you to quickly declare a variable (field, local or parameter) based on its type. To apply Auto Declare, type the class name and press the Ctrl+A shortcut. The variable will be declared with an appropriate name, and an action hint will be shown:
The Move to Region (also known as Member Mover) CodeRush feature extends the Member drop down menu with a menu item that allows you to move the active member to a region according to your preference:
The ToggleRegion action changes the collapsed state of the currently active region. This functionality is very similar to the existing “Toggle Regions Outlining” shortcut, provided by CodeRush. The only difference is that you can collapse the active region using the ToggleRegion action when the editor caret is located anywhere inside of a region, while the “Toggle Region Outlining” shortcut is available only on the line with a region directive. The action is not bound to any key, so you might want to do it via the Shortcuts options page in the Options Dialog.
—– Products: CodeRush Pro Versions: 11.1 and up VS IDEs: any Updated: Aug/30/2011 ID: C061When the editor caret is on the line with a region directive, you can press the Space key to collapse or expand the outline of a region. There are built-in shortcuts for toggling outline expansion, but they are probably more tricky to press and remember, e.g. “Ctrl+M, M” (hold the Control key and press the M key twice in the Visual C# keyboard mapping scheme).
This simple code provider, as the name says, removes the two lines of region directives:
It is available on any of the two directives – either starting or ending:
If you prefer your code to be wrapped into region directives (#region … #endregion in CSharp, or #Region … #End Region in Visual Basic), the Auto Create Region feature from CodeRush will help. To create a named region around a method, property or event, press “Ctrl+3” key anywhere inside of an active member. This will execute the “RegionAutoCreate” action, which wraps the active member into region directives. The region name will be the same as member’s name and will wrap all attached elements, such as XML doc comments or attributes as well.
This is one of the simplest code provider operations which simply marks the active class as ‘sealed’ (CSharp) or ‘NotInheritable‘ (Visual Basic). The sealed modifier is used to prevent inheriting from a class. For example, this can be useful when creating ‘helper’ classes containing utility methods that should never be extended by overriding the existing functionality. Another benefit of this code provider is that it enables a hypothetical run-time optimization, because having a sealed class known to never have any derivations; it is possible for the compiler to transform virtual function member invocations into non-virtual which take less time to perform.
The Scope (Visibility) Cycle feature adds the capability to quickly change the visibility modifier of the active member using a single shortcut. In a source code file, if your text caret is anywhere within or on a member (method, function, property, class, etc) definition, you can use the Alt key with the Up and Down arrow keys, to cycle through the legal visibility modifiers: