ReSharper 2023.3 Help

Generate Properties

ReSharper will help you generate properties for all fields that you want to expose.

In the example below, this command is used to generate properties for _radius and _center fields.

Before generation

After generation

class Circle { int _radius; readonly Point _center; public Circle(int radius, Point center) { _radius = radius; _center = center; } }
class Circle { int _radius; readonly Point _center; public int Radius { get { return _radius; } set { _radius = value; } } public Point Center { get { return _center; } } public Circle(int radius, Point center) { _radius = radius; _center = center; } }

Generate properties that will expose selected fields

  1. In the editor, place the caret at the type name or within a type at the line where you want to insert properties that will expose selected fields. If the caret is on the type name, the generated code will be added in the beginning of the type declaration.

  2. Press Alt+Insert or choose ReSharper | Edit | Generate Code… from the main menu. Alternatively, you can press Control+Shift+A, start typing the command name in the popup, and then choose it there.

  3. In the Generate popup, select Properties / Read-only Properties.

  4. In the Generate dialog that appears, select fields to generate properties for.

    Generating properties with ReSharper
  5. Optionally, use the following controls that are applied to all generated properties:

    Access Rights

    defines access rights modifiers for generated properties.

    Read-only

    defines whether to generate properties as read-only or not. If you choose Automatic, ReSharper will generate only getters for read-only fields, and both getters and setters for any other fields.

    If you have selected Read-only Properties in the Generate popup, the selector is set to Yes, but you can change it if necessary.

    Virtual

    (if applicable) adds the virtual modifier to generated properties.

    Notify on property changes

    (if applicable) If your class implements the INotifyPropertyChanged or inherits from a class that supports property change notifications (for example, Prism’s NotificationObject) and the method that notify property change is decorated with the [NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator] attribute, you can choose to implement properties with change notification calls. For more information, refer to INotifyPropertyChanged support.

  6. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

    You can also click Options to review or modify common code generation preferences on the Code Editing | Members Generation page of ReSharper options.

This command generates properties leaving the original fields intact. If necessary, you can convert the generated properties to auto-implemented properties by pressing Alt+Enter on any of the properties:

'Convert to auto-property' quick-fix

This feature is supported in the following languages and technologies:

Language: C#

Language: VB.NET

Language: C++

Language: HTML

Language: ASP.NET

Language: Razor

Language: JavaScript

Language: TypeScript

Language: CSS

Language: XML

Language: XAML

Language: Resx

Language: Build Scripts

Language: Protobuf

Language: JSON

Feature is available in C#

Feature is available in Visual Basic

Feature is available in C++

Feature is not available in HTML

Feature is not available in ASP.NET

Feature is not available in Razor

Feature is not available in JavaScript

Feature is available in TypeScript

Feature is not available in CSS

Feature is not available in XML

Feature is not available in XAML

Feature is not available in Resource files

Feature is not available in build script files

Feature is not available in Protobuf

Feature is not available in JSON

The instructions and examples given here address the use of the feature in C#. For more information about other languages, refer to corresponding topics in the ReSharper by language section.

Last modified: 18 March 2024