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Lithium
Lithium

Reputation: 393

How do I change Visual Studios method autocompleter to use curly brakets instead of lambda?

In Visual Studion 2017 Pro, whenever I override a method in a C# child class, I type overridespace, then use the first couple letters and IntelliSense to select the method I want to override.

This inserts the rest of the method signature and a call to the base method, but uses an expression body for the method (lambda):

public override string ToString() => base.ToString();

Instead of a block body (curly brackets):

public override string ToString()
{
    return base.ToString();
}

This makes overriding methods tedious. I only override the method if I am going to change what the method does, which almost always requires it to be in a block body to be legible (especially if calling the base method).

Note: Some settings were defaulted by my organization when installing VS2017, that probably set this for single line methods, which the override method will always initially be.

Is there a setting in Visual Studio that controls this behavior?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 219

Answers (1)

Jonathon Chase
Jonathon Chase

Reputation: 9704

The setting you're looking for can be found under the Code Style settings for C#.

You can navigate to the setting like so:

Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Code Style

You are then looking for the setting description 'Use expession body for methods'. It is likely to currently be 'When possible' or 'When on single line', but changing this setting to 'Never' should result in the desired behavior.

Upvotes: 4

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