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Mike Loux
Mike Loux

Reputation: 706

How do I jump between XML doc comments in C#?

OK, this is a silly question, but when using Visual Studio, if I am writing XML doc comments in Visual Basic, I can use the tab key to switch between fields (e.g. Summary to Param to Returns). In C#, however, hitting the Tab key inserts a Tab, so I have to click on the individual fields to navigate to them (or use the arrow keys). This makes what should have been a simple process tedious and time-consuming.

Anybody know if there is a default keyboard shortcut I can use, or if there is a specific command I can map to an unused keyboard shortcut? I am using Visual Studio 2010, with ReSharper 6.1. Did some searching in the SO archives, but either nobody else has this problem, or I don't know the right keywords to ask (the latter is much more likely). Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I should clarify, a bit. The tabbing behavior in VB is native to Visual Studio 2010; the ReSharper install is fairly recent (after I switched to C#), and I wanted to mention it in case someone might know whether ReSharper had added their own navigation shortcuts (as they have tons) for this. Thanks again!

Upvotes: 19

Views: 857

Answers (2)

MetaColon
MetaColon

Reputation: 2871

Resharper does have the possibility for structural navigation. Normally you can use the Tab or Shift+Tab Shortcut to the next or previous code element. If your cursor is in a code element (i.e. not in the whitespace region before a code line) the Tab Key shouldn't insert a tab but navigate to the next section. Configuration of the structural navigation can be done in Environment|Editor|Editor Behaviour.

If it's still not working as described I'd try to reset the settings (especially those for Resharper) and check wether Resharper is installed properly.

Upvotes: 2

Phil
Phil

Reputation: 1973

I might be misunderstanding the question, but maybe it sounds like you can just reset your user settings? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms247075%28v=vs.100%29.aspx ? Or just run a devenv / resetuserdata . Do that, and when you start up visual studio, maybe choose the 'general' settings rather than the C# or vb.net specific ones?

Upvotes: 0

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