Interfaces drop-down missing in VS2005?

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Michael Feld - 10 Nov 2005 12:26 GMT

Hello,

in the Visual Studio Text editor, there is this bar at the top with two
drop-down boxes containing members in the current document. For Visual Basic
in VS2003, the left column listed all interfaces and entries "Events" and
"Overridable methods" for each class/structure. In VS2005 however, the
interfaces and "Overridable methods" are gone and only the "events" entry is
left.

Is there a setting I have to change to get the old lists back? Or did they
remove them intentionally? I found them very handy.

Thanks in Advance!

Michael

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Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] - 10 Nov 2005 12:35 GMT

It seems they were removed intentionally, but the underlying reason for this
is beyond most of us... ;-)

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Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook] - 10 Nov 2005 16:01 GMT

Michael,

| Is there a setting I have to change to get the old lists back? Or did they
| remove them intentionally? I found them very handy.

It was intentionally & I know of no way to get specifically get the old
lists back.

However! there are some handy replacements:

You can type "overrides" in the text editor to get the list of overridable
methods that you can then select from.

When you type "Implements Sometype" and press Enter, all the members for
Sometype are added to your "type" (class or structure). This "auto complete"
has been available since 2003.

When you type "Implements" on the end of a member declaration you get a list
of interfaces & their members that this member can implement.

I guess I never noticed the Implements disappearing as I've used the auto
complete for implements since 2003 & haven't really needed it in the combo
box.

I find for entering code typing "overrides" to be easier then the combo box,
as the selection refines itself as you type. Plus the list only shows you
members that are not yet overridden.

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Michael Feld - 10 Nov 2005 19:28 GMT

Hi,

thanks for the info.

I have to admit I didn't know about the new "overrides" Intellisense. Then
you could probably argue that it's some sort of replacement for the combo
indeed, and some people (such as yourself) may even prefer it. I still see
some advantages of the "old" style however.

First, you don't had to type anything to get a nice overview of the
interface / base methods. And then, it's easier to see which methods you
have implemented (marked in bold) and which not.

But well, I see I'll have to get used to the new tools... ;-(

Regards,
Michael

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Dennis C. Drumm - 11 Nov 2005 11:40 GMT

Jay:

where are features of the text editor and of intellisense like this
documented?

Thanks,

Dennis

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Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook] - 11 Nov 2005 15:24 GMT

Dennis,
In the on-line help, normally accessed by pressing F1.

If you didn't install the help, you can access it on MSDN at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/reference/default.aspx

(found by going to msdn.microsoft.com & clicking on Visual Studio, followed
by Reference)

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Jay [MVP - Outlook]
.NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
T.S. Bradley - http://www.tsbradley.net

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