{"id":24195,"date":"2019-08-22T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/?p=24195"},"modified":"2021-09-29T12:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:16:22","slug":"visual-studio-tips-and-tricks-increasing-your-productivity-for-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/visual-studio-tips-and-tricks-increasing-your-productivity-for-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio Tips and Tricks: Increasing your Productivity for .NET"},"content":{"rendered":"

The .NET team is constantly thinking of new ways to make developers more productive. We’ve been working hard over the past year to take the feedback you’ve sent us and turn it into tools that you want! In this post I\u2019ll cover some of the latest productivity features available in<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Visual Studio 2019 Preview<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Code Fixes and Refactorings<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Code fixes and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refactorings<\/span><\/span>\u00a0are the code suggestions the compiler provides through the lightbulb and screwdriver icons. To trigger the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Quick Actions and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Refactorings<\/span><\/span>\u00a0menu type (<\/span><\/span>Ctrl\u00a0<\/span><\/span>+\u00a0<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong>) or (<\/span><\/span>Alt + Enter<\/span><\/span><\/strong>). The list below contains the code fixes and <\/span><\/span>refactorings<\/span><\/span>\u00a0that are new in Visual Studio 2019 Preview. We\u2019d like to give a big thanks to the community for implementing and reviewing many of these!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Wrap call chain<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
You can now wrap chains of method calls<\/a> with a refactoring.<\/div>\n

\"Wrap<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rename a file when renaming a class<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
You can now rename a file when renaming an interface, enum or class.<\/div>\n
\"Rename<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sort usings is back!<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
We brought\u202fback the sort\u202fusings<\/a> command separate from\u202fthe\u202fRemove and Sort Usings\u202fcommand.\u202fYou can now\u202ffind the\u202fSort\u202fUsings\u202fcommand in\u202fEdit > IntelliSense.<\/div>\n
\"Sort<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Convert a switch statement to a switch expression<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
You can now convert\u202fa\u202fswitch statement to\u202fa\u202fswitch expression<\/a>.\u202fIn your\u202fproject file make sure the\u202flanguage version is set to preview\u202fsince\u202fswitch expressions<\/a>\u202fare a new C# 8.0 feature.<\/div>\n
\"Convert<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Generate a parameter<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
You can now generate\u202fa parameter<\/a>\u202fas a code fix.<\/div>\n
\"Generate<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Toggle comment\/uncomment<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Toggle single line comment\/uncomment<\/a> is now available through the keyboard shortcut\u202f(Ctrl + K, \/<\/strong>). This command will add or remove a single line comment depending on whether your selection is already commented.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Toggle block\u202fcomment\/uncomment<\/a> is now available through the keyboard shortcut\u202f(Ctrl + Shift + \/<\/strong>). This\u202fcommand will add\u202for\u202fremove block comments depending on\u202fwhat\u202fyou have\u202fselected.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"Toggle<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

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Move type to namespace<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
You can now use a refactoring dialog to move type to namespace<\/a> or folder.<\/div>\n
\"Move<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Move<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

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Split or merge if statements<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
We now have a code fix for split\/merge if statements<\/a>.<\/div>\n
\"Split<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wrap binary expressions<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
We now have a code fix for wrap binary expressions.<\/div>\n
\"Wrap<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Get Involved<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This was just a sneak peak of what\u2019s new in Visual Studio 2019 Preview<\/a>, for a complete list see the release notes<\/a> and feel free to provide feedback on Developer Community, and using the Report a Problem<\/a> tool in Visual Studio.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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