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c# Parameter Info "completion pull":

Suppose I am middle of writing a method call:

int x = instance.MethodName(

At this point the Parameter Info box shows:

int blabla (System.Security.Policy.Evidence assemblySecurity,,,,)
assemblySecurity:
Evidence for loading the assembly.

Well now to get further, it takes a lot of keystrokes, especially if I do not have the proper namespace declared with using namespace..;

In this case I do not even know what the heck is this Policy.Evidence, so I Mort would like a bit of help and I press Tab:

int x = instance.MethodName(<TAB>

This brings box with these auto-completion options:

Option 1:
new System.Security.Policy.Evidence(<CARET>)

Option 2:
Create new to previous line (result:)
System.Security.Policy.Evidence evidence = new System.Security.Policy.Evidence();
int x = instance.MethodName(evidence,<CARET>

Option 3:
Look for snippet/example/whatever where both System.Security.Policy.Evidence and typeof(instance) and instance.MethodName appears

Option 4: (if completion can't be "inferred" or looked from web)
Pull the help page for instance.MethodName

Of course there is case of plain object parameters etc difficult cases, in these cases pressing TAB would bring the option 3 and option 4.


Ok so apparently this should be at C# editor team blog, .. why there is no central page to find these different blogs categorized by team or something.

Looking forward to this blog...welcome! :)

Hi Peter,

I can respond to your question about Code Definition Window:

The basic idea of the Code Definition Window is to give you a glimpse of the source code associated with your current selection (or insertion point) in the IDE, without taking you away from whatever you are doing. When the Code Def Window is up, it will track what you are doing in other IDE windows. As an example, if you are browsing symbols in Class View and you move the selection to a particular class, the Code Def Window should update to display the definition of that class, without taking you away from Class View. The same thing is true for Object Browser and for a regular code editor window. If you have selected (or placed the insertion point within) something, and there is a definition for it in code, that definition should be displayed in the Code Def Window. The alternative is finding the associated code yourself, which is far more distracting from your task at hand.

Note that Ivan has answered your Call Browser question in his "Call Browser" post.

Hope this helps,
Zach

GMilano,

How would you see mouse gestures working with VS Editors?

Thanks,
-Sean