Generate Formatting Members

Generate overrides for formatting members

1. In the editor, set the caret at the type name or within a type at the line where you want to insert overrides for formatting members. If the caret is on the type name, the generated code will be added in the beginning of the type declaration.

2. Press Alt+Insert or choose ReSharper | Edit | Generate Code… from the main menu. Alternatively, you can press Control+Shift+A, start typing the command name in the popup, and then choose it there.

3. In the Generate popup, select Formatting Members.

4. In the Generate dialog that appears, select fields and/or auto-properties to be used in the ToString() override.

   

   If there are no fields/properties in your type or you do not select any of them, ReSharper, depending on your settings, throws new NotImplementedException(), returns default value, or puts code that will not compile in the body of the generated methods. You can configure the settings on the Code Editing | Members Generation page of ReSharper options.

   Optionally, use the following controls in the dialog:

   • ToString already exists — appears if an implementation of ToString() already exists and lets you choose whether to:

     • Replace the method if it already exists.

     • Put the newly generated method side by side with the existing one.

     • Skip generating a new method altogether.

   • Use 'nameof' — appears if the target C# version is higher than 6.0. If this checkbox is selected, ReSharper will use nameof(symbol_name) to define the string representation of the symbol, otherwise, it will calculate the string representation automatically, for example, a field named _radius will be rendered as "Radius".

5. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

   You can also click Options to review or modify common code generation preferences on the Code Editing | Members Generation page of ReSharper options.