The Smart Tags Catalog options page shows registered Smart Tags providers and allows you to control their appearance in the code editor context menu and CodeRush Popup menu.
The SmartTagProvider DXCore component provides a custom smart tag item used in the Visual Studio IDE context menu or in the Refactor! popup menu. Here’s a standard Refactor! popup menu – it may contain the Refactor!, Code! and other smart tag providers:
Almost all refactorings have a preview hint which allows you to see the resulting code before a particular refactoring is performed. This is very useful, because it is a great help to understand what will happen in the code once an action is taken. Moving among available refactorings in the Refactor! popup menu or a SmartTag popup menu will be reflected in the preview for each one. Here are previews of some possible refactorings you can perform using the Refactor! popup menu:
There are several methods which allow you to perform a particular refactoring. Multiple methods are provided to ensure that you feel comfortable inside the Visual Studio IDE. These approaches are available:
