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Autocomplete for a member of another class

Is it possible to just type in the first letters of a static class member and then (by magic shortcut) the completion list lists all possible class.member entries?

More detailed explanation:

I have 15 classes in the form:

class AClass
{
  public static readonly string Volumeclass = "abcd";
  //... other members
}

class AnotherClass
{
  public static readonly string Volumeclass = "xyz";
  //... other members
}

When I want to access these members, I want to inject the Volumeclass and I want to get the list:

  • AClass.Volumeclass
  • AnotherClass.Volumeclass

by intellect. So I only need to select the correct character instead of remembering the correct class name.

I tried Smart Completion but it didn't work.

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I cannot say that I know such a label. Obviously, if you use the Navigation Go To Symbol ( IntelliJ:

Ctrl-Shift-Alt-T or Visual Studio:

Ctrl-Shift-Alt-T) you can have a list of all VolumeClass

properties in your code:

http://i.imgur.com/YP7nd.png

But that's not what you want. The closest I could suggest is to use a completion Import Symbol

( Ctrl- Alt- Space) and then enter the first letters of that type. It will display all globally available types and import the appropriate directive if necessary using

.

Edit . Another idea is to create this with the ReSharper Live Template, which will allow you to generate a statement based on the first few letters:



  • Go to ReSharper - Templates Explorer (in ReSharper 6)
  • In the Live Templates section, click the New Template button
  • Provide a name for the shortcut, eg vc

    . Write a description if desired.
  • In the main text area, enter: $prefix$.Volumeclass

  • Save and exit template explorer

Now you can enter the code vc

and then the name of the class that has the property.

Hope it helps.

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You can put classes in a common namespace. Then, after entering a period following the namespace name, a list of classes should appear. After selecting the class, you still need to add the property Volumeclass

.



I wouldn't restructure your namespace hierarchy specifically for this purpose, but it might be a good option if classes need to be grouped logically. If the namespace name is long, you can add with the alias directive (for example using Prods = MyCompany.MyProject.Products;

)

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You must first enter the class name

AClass.<now the list of static members appears>

Note that there are tens of thousands of classes in the .NET Framework class library. Do you want millions of members to appear automatically?

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