ReSharper Help: Basic Code Completion

Basic Code Completion completes the name of classes, methods, variables or any other symbols that are available within the current visibility scope. It also completes C# keywords available in the scope.

You can choose to use the IntelliSense of VisualStudio.NET for Basic Code Completion. Please see IntelliSense Options.

To invoke Basic Code Completion:

Place the caret at the position where you are going to type your code;
Press Ctrl + Space or select ReSharper | Code | Complete Code | Basic.

The following examples illustrate this code completion for various C# code elements.

For variables and methods:

For members of an object instance:

For a currently-visible type name:

For C# keywords:

Commonly used names for fields and variables are suggested depending on their type:

The completion works even when you want a field or a variable to have a specific prefix:

Note ReSharper can automatically suggest prefixes according to your coding guidelines if preferred prefixes are specified in the appropriate Options tab.

Basic Code Completion

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