Parameter Information

Use Parameter Info

As you are typing parameters, ReSharper automatically highlights the next signature compatible with the entered parameters, and grays out inapplicable signatures. To study alternative signatures of an existing function call, set the caret inside the function's parentheses and then press Ctrl+Shift+Space or choose ReSharper | Edit | Parameter Information from the main menu.

When the parameter information tooltip is shown, you can press Ctrl+Shift+Space/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Space or use arrow buttons to scroll through the list of method overloads.

Configure Parameter Info

By default, the parameter information tooltip appears as soon as you type the opening parenthesis of a function call. If necessary, you can disable the automatic appearance or display the tooltip after a timeout using the Automatically show parameter info in preference on the Environment | IntelliSense | Parameter Info page of ReSharper options (Alt+R, O). If the automatic appearance is disabled, you can always show the parameter information tooltip by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Space while your caret is inside the function's parentheses.

You can further configure the parameter information tooltip on the Environment | IntelliSense | Parameter Info page of ReSharper options in the following ways:

• By default, available signatures are displayed in a list. If necessary, you can limit the number of signatures in the list or make ReSharper show only one signature at a time:

  

  To do so, use the Display all signatures at once preference.

• By default, delegates are displayed in their original form. If necessary, ReSharper can display them in lambda syntax. To enable this behavior, select the corresponding checkbox.

• IF you do not want to see the function summary information, clear the Display extended info checkbox.

• By default, ReSharper displays [NotNull] and [CanBeNull] annotations. If necessary, you can hide or show all JetBrains.Annotations attributes in the function signatures using the Annotations selector.

• ReSharper can display the parameter information tooltip either below or above the current line. To specify the desired position, open the Environment | IntelliSense | Completion Behavior page of ReSharper options, click Advanced and use the Parameter Info default location selector.

  Note that even if you opt for the lower position of the tooltip, it can be shown above when the tooltip appears automatically as you type and ReSharper shows some suggestions in a code completion list at the same time. When you invoke the tooltip with the Ctrl+Shift+Space shortcut, it always appears in the preferred position.