ReSharper comes with four predefined patterns of to-do items: Todo, Note, Bug, and Not Implemented. You can define your own patterns in the ReSharper Options dialog box. Add to-do items into your source code and navigate between them using To-do Explorer.
To define a to-do item pattern
- On the main menu, choose ReSharper | Options.
- In the ReSharper Options dialog box, select Tools | To-do Items.
- In the Patterns section, click Create. You can also edit or clone an existing pattern.
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In the Create/Edit Pattern dialog box, specify a pattern name,
and type a regular expression that contains a keyword that helps identify
items in the source code, for example:
(\W|^)(?<TAG>MyItem)(\W|$)(.*) -
Optionally, specify whether the pattern is case sensitive, and
define color scheme and icon to denote the item in the To-do Explorer window.
For more information, see
To-Do Explorer . - Specify where to search in: comments, strings, identifiers. By default, search is carried out in comments only.
- Click OK.
To create a to-do item in the source code
- Open a file in the editor.
- Create a line comment, and type the item keyword, followed by text.
To navigate between to-do items
- On the main menu, choose ReSharper | Windows | To-do Items.
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In the To-do Explorer window click
or
to navigate to the next or previous item.
The corresponding file opens simultaneously in the editor, with the caret positioned at the to-do item.
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