Quick Start Tips
In this topic:
- Look and feel
- Coding in the editor
- Analyzing code
- Traversing code
- Transforming code
- Generating code
- Unit testing
- ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
- Help and support
Look and feel
- You can change colors for everything ReSharper brings into Visual Studio editor. Go to and find items starting with
ReSharper
. - You can change ReSharper keyboard bindings for any action. Go to and find items starting with
ReSharper
. - In Visual Studio 2012 and later, you can use the Quick Launch feature to search and execute ReSharper commands.
- While in the editor, press Alt+Enter and then start typing the name of a ReSharper command that you want to execute (more...).
- Trying to learn ReSharper shortcuts? First, decide which of the two default shortcut schemes is more convenient to you. Then, use the selector in the right-upper corner of this page to switch shortcuts in help; or download and print a PDF version Visual Studio scheme or ReSharper 2.x / IntelliJ IDEA scheme.
Coding in the editor
- As soon as you've typed a method signature, e.g.
public void Foo(string input
, press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to insert all syntax elements that should follow and get in the position where you can continue typing (more...). - Do you want to surround some code with a
try...catch
? Select a logical code block with Ctrl+W, and then use Ctrl+Alt+J. Learn to use other templates available with this shortcut. - You can select a block of code and use Ctrl+Shift+Alt + Arrow keys to move this block around (more...).
- You can view recent clipboard entries with Ctrl+Shift+V and select the one you want to paste (more...).
- If you open parameter info pop-up (Ctrl+P), you can use Ctrl+P/ Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Space to jump to next/previous signature.
- Enum completion will automatically insert the Enum type as the prefix. No need to spell it out!
- Enums completion is CamelHumps-powered. Try typing
StringComparison c = oic
. - With
String.Format
, you can add a placeholder where the cursor is. Just hit Alt+Enter and choose Insert format argument (more...). - If a string literal is too long, hit Enter and ReSharper will automatically put the part of it to the next line and insert the
+
sign. Delete the+
and the string parts will be back together (more...). - Moving a property up 3 lines using cut/paste? There is a simpler way to do it: place your cursor on the property, press Ctrl+Shift+Alt and use the up arrow key.
- Check out completion tips and tricks.
Analyzing code
- Using [NotNull] and [CanBeNull] attributes can help you find
NullReferenceException
even before running your code (more...). - Right-click on a file, project, solution folder or entire solution in the Solution Explorer and select Find Code Issues to see errors, warnings, and suggestions for the selected item (more...).
- Bothered with a highlighted code issue? Alt+Enter while you at the highlighted code and select Inspection [name of inspection], then you can choose to suppress the issue with comment or attribute or disable the corresponding code inspection.
- You can suppress all inspections with a single comment - mark code with
// ReSharper disable All
and ReSharper will not complain about anything until it meets the corresponding// ReSharper restore All
. - ReSharper's solution-wide analysis resolves visibility issues: you'll see if an internal member is used outside of its assembly and you'll never miss a single unused non-private member.
- You can exclude files by masks from code analysis in .
- You can go to the next/previous code issue in the file by pressing F12/Shift+F12.
- To find all localizable strings in your solution, set Localizable=Yes and Localizable Inspection=Pessimistic in the properties of the relevant projects, then find any such sting, which will be highlighted with curly underline, press Alt+Enter on it and choose Inspection 'Element is Localizable' | Find similar issues (more...).
Traversing code
- You can press Ctrl+N to quickly locate a type, method, or basically everything, while Ctrl+Shift+N lets you locate files without other suggestions.
- Place your caret on the
using
(orimport
if you work with VB.NET) directive and press Alt+F7. ReSharper will show where exactly this namespace is used (Finding Usages of a Symbol). - Forgot where you were editing just now? Go to last edit location with Ctrl+Shift+Backspace.
- Want to locate where the current symbol is declared real fast? Press Ctrl+B or just right-click the symbol.
- Go to containing declaration (Ctrl+[) can be used with Shift to select the whole declaration
- When locating
CustomerServicesTest
using Ctrl+N or any other navigation command, you don't need to type the whole thing. Just use CamelHumps and typecst
. - Ctrl+U takes you to the base type and Ctrl+Alt+B takes you to inheritors of the current type.
- Do you want to move to the next member in a class? Alt+Down will take you there; Alt+Up will bring you back (more...).
- Search for anything (usages, implementations, code external to scope etc.) fetches to the Find Results window. Use it then to navigate between search results with F8/Shift+F8 (more...).
- In source code, Shift+Alt+L selects the current file in the Solution Explorer; in decompiled sources, it opens the Assembly Explorer window focused on the current type (more...).
- To explore the stack trace that is currently in your clipboard, just press Ctrl+Shift+E.
- Start typing in a ReSharper tool window, and the content will narrow down to matching items. CamelHumps matching works there as well.
- Use Go To File (Ctrl+Shift+N) to locate specific project in the Solution Explorer - just select a .csproj file.
- When locating a type with Ctrl+N, you can use wildcards. Want all ViewModels? Type
*ViewModel
(more...).
Transforming code
- You can define what context actions you want available in .
- Do you have multiple classes in the same file? Fix it fast. Press Ctrl+Shift+R on the file in the Solution Explorer and choose Move Types Into Matching Files (more...).
- Rename anything, anytime, anywhere with F2. You can do it even in fewer steps - just type in a new name and hit Alt+Enter.
- You can extract a method from a section of code using Ctrl+Alt+M.
- Want to move a string literal to a resource file? Press Ctrl+Shift+R anywhere on the string and select Move To Resource (more...).
- Type in new method signature (change the number or type of parameters, change the return type) and while the signature is highlighted with a grey frame, hit Alt+Enter to apply the Change Signature refactoring.
- Placing your caret on a property, you can press Alt+Enter to change it from auto-property to a property with a backing field and vice-versa (more...).
- Press Ctrl+F6 to change the signature of a method and see a preview before applying it. ReSharper will do the rest!
- Think your code needs a good wash? Use Ctrl+Alt+F and run the Full Cleanup profile (more...).
Generating code
- Generate various class members in seconds using the Generate command (Alt+Insert).
- You can add a copyright header to all files via ReSharper | Options | Code Editing | File header text and then run code cleanup for the whole solution (more...).
- Alt+Insert in the Solution Explorer can create files from your file templates.. and folders too.
- Type
class
and hit TAB. Want it public or internal by default? Change the corresponding live template (more...). - You can bind any member generation command to its own shortcut. Go to and look for commands starting with
ReSharper_Generate
. - Create event subscriptions in XAML/ASP.NET WebForms/VB.NET using Alt+Insert and choosing Generate event subscriptions.
- If you place your caret on a parameter in the constructor and hit Alt+Enter, ReSharper can create a field or property and initialize it for you.
- Type
foreach
and hit TAB. ReSharper will start a live template for smart loop generation with type and name suggestions (more...).
Unit testing
- Use Ctrl+T,L to run all unit tests in the solution (more...).
- Want to run some particular tests? Select them in editor, right-click and choose Run Unit Tests (more...).
- Start typing in the Unit Test Explorer window to filter your tests by name.
- Filter to failed tests while running them in the Unit Test Sessions window to see them pleasantly disappearing as they pass (more...).
ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
- In ASP.NET MVC applications, type
return View("
and press Ctrl+Space. IntelliSense will list all available views. - Type
rta
and press TAB. Fill in controller, then action arguments. Now it should be in correct order with IntelliSense! - Want to check for missing Views in ASP.NET MVC? Turn on solution-wide analysis.
View("Login")
will show as red if the Login.aspx is not there. - You can use the go to file member command in ASPX/Config files too. Press Ctrl+F12 and look it up!
- In ASPX pages, navigate to related files (CSS, JavaScipt, User Controls, etc.) with Ctrl+Shift+Alt+G.
Help and support
- Check out which features work in which languages in the ReSharper feature matrix.
- ReSharper support team is always there to help you. Use the ReSharper support web site to explore FAQ and knowledge base, or submit your support inquiry.
- If you want a new feature to be implemented in ReSharper, feel free to post a feature request in ReSharper issue tracker.
Last modified: 12 October 2017