How to show method parameter tooltip in C#?

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bretddog picture bretddog · Jan 31, 2011 · Viewed 72.4k times · Source

VS2010:

In VB I can place the cursor inside an existing method's parameter brackets and type a 'space', which will bring up the tooltip with description of the parameter I'm at. This is not the case in C#. I have to delete the whole brackets including the parameters, and retype the left bracket, for this tooltip to show. Is there some shortcut or setting to change this behavior? I tried hitting ctrl, shift, alt, but it has no effect.

Answer

Lloyd picture Lloyd · Jan 31, 2011

Ctrl+Shift+Space will do what you want.

You might want to check out a poster of key bindings.

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