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Core functions and performance
Look and feel
Coding in the editor
Analyzing code
Traversing code
Transforming code
Generating code
Cleaning code
Localizing code
Unit testing
ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
Help and support

Core functions and performance

To disable/enable ReSharper, go to Tools | Options | ReSharper and
click Suspend/Resume. If you want to have a shortcut that quickly
switches ReSharper on and off, go to Tools | Options | Environment |
Keyboard and find the ReSharper_ToggleSuspended command, then
press some shortcut keys and click Assign.
Feel like ReSharper slows down your coding? Try increasing completion
display time in ReSharper | Options | Environment | IntelliSense |
Completion Behavior
If you deploy ReSharper in an organization, you can use JetBrains
License Server for distribution of licenses.

Look and feel

You can change colors for everything ReSharper adds into Visual
Studio. Go to Tools | Options | Environment | Fonts and Colors and
find items starting with ReSharper.
You can change ReSharper keyboard bindings for any action. Go to
Tools | Options | Environment | Keyboard and find items starting
with ReSharper.
In Visual Studio 2012, you can use the Quick Launch feature to search
and execute ReSharper commands.
Trying to learn ReSharper shortcuts? You can see most of them in
ReSharper menu, you can view all keymaps online, or download and
print a PDF version of shortcuts.

Coding in the editor

Do you want to surround some code with a try...catch? Use Ctrl+E,U
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(Ctrl+Alt+J in IntelliJ IDEA scheme). Learn to use other code templates

available with this shortcut.
You can select a block of code and use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+ Arrow keys to
move this block around.
You can view recent clipboard entries with Ctrl+Shift+V (ReSharper |
Edit | Paste) and select the one you want to paste
If you open parameter info (Ctrl+Shift+Space in the Visual Studio
keymap or Ctrl+P in the IntelliJ IDEA keymap), you can use
tab/Shift+Tab to jump to next/previous argument.
Enums Completion in ReSharper is CamelHump Powered, Middle
Matching and Case Insensitive. Try typing StringComparison c = oic
Enum IntelliSense in ReSharper will automatically insert the Enum
type as the prefix. No need to spell it out!
With String.Format, you can now add a placeholder where the
cursor is. Just hit Alt+Enter in position
If a string literal is too long, hit Enter and ReSharper will automatically
put the part of it to the next line and insert a + sign. Delete the + and
the string parts will be concatenated.
Moving a property up 3 lines using cut/paste? There is a simpler way to
do it: place your cursor on the property, press Ctrl+Shift+Alt and use
the up arrow key.
Want to move a string literal to a resource file? Press Ctrl+Shift+R
anywhere on the string and select Move To Resource.

Analyzing code
Using [NotNull] and [CanBeNull] attributes can help you find
NullReferenceException before even compiling
Right-click on a file, project, solution folder or entire solution in
Solution Explorer and select Inspect Code to see warnings and
suggestions for the selected item.
Don't need a particular inspection? Press Alt+Enter while you at the
corresponding code and select Inspection Options, then you can
choose to suppress it with comment or change its severity level to Do
not show.
Starting from ReSharper 8.0, you can disable all inspections with a
single comment instead of defining separate inspections to suppress,
you can now mark code with // ReSharper disable all and
ReSharper will not complain about anything until it meets a
corresponding // ReSharper restore all.
ReSharper's solution-wide analysis resolves visibility issues: you'll see if
an internal member is used outside of its assembly and you'll never
miss a single unused non-private member
You can exclude files by masks from code analysis (such as generated
code) in ReSharper | Options | Code Inspections | Generated Code.
You can go to the next error by pressing Shift+Alt+PgDn in Visual
Studio keymap or Alt+F12 in IntelliJ IDEA keymap.

Traversing code
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Place your caret on the 'using' (or import if you work with VB.NET)
keyword of the using directive. Right-click and choose Find Usages.
ReSharper will show where exactly this namespace is used.
Forgot where you were editing just now? Go to last edit location with
Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace
Want to locate a method or symbol real fast? Use Alt+{} in Visual
Studio keymap or Ctrl+F12 in IntelliJ IDEA keymap
Go to containing declaration (Ctrl-[) can be used with Shift to select the
whole declaration
You can press Ctrl+T in Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+N in IntelliJ IDEA
keymap to quickly locate a type. Shift+Ctrl+T (Shift+Ctrl+N) for
locating files
When locating CustomerServicesTest using Go To Type, you don't
need to type the whole thing. Just use CamelCase and type cst.
Alt+Home in Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+U in IntelliJ IDEA
keymap takes you to the base class and Alt+End in Visual Studio
keymap or Ctrl+Alt+B in IntelliJ IDEA keymap takes you to inheritors
Search for anything (usages, implementations, code external to scope
etc.) that fetches to Find Results window. Use it then to navigate
between search results (solution-wide) with Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down
In source code, Shift+Alt+L selects the current file in the Solution
Explorer; in decompiled sources, it opens the Object Browser focused on
the current type
To explore the stack trace, press Ctrl+E, T in the Visual Studio keymap
or Ctrl+Shift+E in the IntelliJ IDEA keymap.
Start typing in tree views or Go To menus, and content will narrow
down to matching items. CamelHumps matching works there as well
Use Go to File to locate specific project in the Solution Explorer - just
select a .csproj file.
When locating a type with Ctrl+T in the Visual Studio keymap or
Ctrl+N in the IntelliJ IDEA keymap, you can use wildcards. Want all
ViewModels? Type *ViewModel

Transforming code
You can define what Context Actions you want available via ReSharper
| Options | (C# or VB.NET) | Context Actions
Do you have multiple classes in the same file? Fix it fast. Right-click on
the file in the Solution Explorer and choose Refactor | Move Types
Into Matching Files
Rename anything, anytime, anywhere with Ctrl+R,R in Visual Studio
keymap and F2 or Shift+F6 in IntelliJ IDEA keymap. You can do it even
in fewer steps - just type in a new name and hit Alt+Enter.
You can extract a method from a section of code using Ctrl+R,M in
Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+Alt+M in IntelliJ IDEA keymap.
Type in new method signature (change the number or type of
parameters, change the return type) and while the signature is
highlighted with a grey frame, hit Alt+Enter to apply the Change
Signature refactoring.
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Your C#/VB.NET11 iterator should not be lazy? Press Ctrl+Shift+R to

invoke the Convert Iterator to Method refactoring.
Do you want to move to the next member in a class? Alt+Down will take
you there; Alt+Up will bring you back.
Want to wrap some code in an if or try .. catch block? Use
Ctrl+E,U in Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+Alt+J in IntelliJ IDEA keymap
to apply any of surround templates.
Placing your cursor on a property, you can press Alt+Enter to change it
from auto-property to a property with a backing field and vice-versa.
Press Ctrl+R,S in Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+F6 in IntelliJ IDEA
keymap to change the signature of a method and see a preview before
applying it. ReSharper will do the rest!

Generating code
You can add copyright header to all files via ReSharper | Options |
File header text and then run Code clean-up for the whole solution
Alt+Ins in the Solution Explorer can create files from your File
Templates .. and folders too.
Type class and hit TAB. Want it public instead of internal by default?
Change it via live templates.
You can bind any command from generate popup menu to its own
shortcut. Go to Tools | Options | Environment | Keyboard and look
for commands starting with ReSharper_Generate.
Create event subscriptions in XAML/ASP.NET WebForms/VB.NET using
Alt+Ins and choosing Generate event subscriptions
If you place your caret on a parameter in the constructor and hit
Alt+Enter, ReSharper will create a field and initialize it for you.
Type foreach and hit TAB. ReSharper will start a live template for
smart loop generation with type and name suggestions.
Generate data class in seconds using Generate feature (Alt-Insert).
Declaring a parameter in a constructor? Hit Alt+Enter to have
ReSharper automatically create a field for it and initialize it.

Cleaning code
Think your code needs a good wash? Use Ctrl+E,C in the Visual Studio
keymap or Ctrl+Alt+F in the IntelliJ IDEA keymap and run the Full
Cleanup profile.

Localizing code
To find all localizable strings in your solution, set Localizable=Yes and
Localizable Inspection=Pessimistic for the relevant projects, then
find any such sting, which be highlighted with curly underline. Press
Alt+Enter on it and choose Options for Inspection | Find all 'Element
is Localizable' issues.

Unit testing
Use Ctrl+U, L in the Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+T,L in the IntelliJ
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IDEA keymap to run all unit tests in the solution.

Want to run some particular tests? Select them in editor, right-click and
choose Run Unit Tests.
Bind ReSharper_UnitTest_ContextRun command to a shortcut and
run any test with a single key combo.
Start typing in the Unit Test Explorer and filter your tests by name.
Filter to failed tests while running them in the Unit Test
Sessions window to see them pleasantly disappearing as they pass.

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

In ASP.NET MVC applications, type return View(" and press
Ctrl+Space. IntelliSense will list all available views
ASP.NET MVC Devs: type rta and press TAB. Fill in Controller, then
Account. Now it should be in correct order with IntelliSense!
Want to check for missing Views in ASP.NET MVC? Turn on solutionwide analysis. View("Login") will show as red if the Login.aspx not
there
You can use the Go To File Member in ASPX/Config files also. Press Alt+
{} in Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+F12 in IntelliJ IDEA keymap and
look it up!
In ASPX pages, navigate to related files (CSS, JavaScipt, User Controls,
etc.) with Ctrl+Alt+F7 in Visual Studio keymap or Ctrl+Shift+Alt+G in
ntelliJ IDEA keymap

Help and support

You can browse ReSharper help locally by choosing ReSharper | Help
| Local Help
ReSharper support team is always there to help you. Use the ReSharper
support web site to explore FAQ and knowledge base, or submit your
support inquiry.
If you want a new feature to be implemented in ReSharper, feel free to
post a feature request in ReSharper issue tracker.

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