Examples of quick-fixes
Quick-fixes are available in a variety of circumstances, which is too large to be listed. JetBrains Rider provides a total of more than 1200 quick-fixes in all supported languages. Here we will show how to use them using a small selection of situations:
Whenever the type of an expression cannot be implicitly cast to the type applicable to the expression context, JetBrains Rider detects this error and highlights it in the editor. After placing the caret at the highlighted error and pressing AltEnter, you can choose a quick-fix from the following list:

The effects of applying the proposed quick-fixes are illustrated in the table below.
Quick-fix | Effect |
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Cast to | ![]() |
Safely cast to | ![]() |
Change type of | ![]() |
Change type of | ![]() |
Call | ![]() |
Whenever JetBrains Rider detects an undefined variable in your code, the error is highlighted. After placing the caret at the highlighted error and pressing AltEnter you will be presented with the following list of quick-fixes:

The effects of applying the proposed quick-fixes are illustrated in the table below.
Quick-fix | Effect |
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Create local variable | A new local variable |
Create parameter | A new parameter is added to the method signature: ![]() |
Create other | Opens a sub-menu where you can choose to create a field or a property in the corresponding class. For example, if you choose to create a field, a new private field ![]() |
Change all | If you choose Change all, the following suggestion displays: ![]() Type the new name only once; JetBrains Rider changes all the other occurrences of the undefined variable: ![]() |
Whenever JetBrains Rider detects a call to an undefined method in your code, the error gets highlighted. After placing the caret at the highlighted error and pressing AltEnter, JetBrains Rider displays the following list of quick-fixes:

After applying a quick-fix, the code gets modified as shown in the following table:
Quick-fix | Effect |
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Create method | This quick-fix declares a new method with the signature derived from the method call, benefiting developers who prefer top-down programming. In our example, JetBrains Rider creates the following declaration, correctly guessing the return type: ![]() JetBrains Rider also suggests applicable types and a name for the parameter of the new method: ![]()
|
Create other | This sub-menu includes other quick-fixes involving creation of auxiliary code. For example: |
Change all | Similarly to the corresponding quick-fix for undefined variables, this quick-fix allows you to quickly replace all occurrences of the symbol |
If a method is expected to return a value but you forgot to provide a return
statement, JetBrains Rider warns you about that by highlighting the closing bracket of the troublesome method. After placing the caret at the highlighted error and pressing AltEnter you will be presented with the following quick-fixes:

Quick-fix | Effect |
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Add return statement | After the quick-fix is applied, JetBrains Rider adds a |
Make method return void | After the quick-fix is applied, JetBrains Rider replaces the initial return type of the method with |
Whenever you have a type name in your code that cannot be resolved because you forgot to write a corresponding using directive in your file, a small popup suggests to import the type:

Press AltEnter, and the appropriate using directive will be inserted. Should there be multiple types with the matching name, you will be asked to choose the one you wish to use (For more information, refer to Importing Namespaces).
If you chose not to import a required namespace when the popup was displayed, or if you disabled Show the 'Import missing references' popup in editor on the Editor | General | Auto Import page of JetBrains Rider settings CtrlAlt0S, you can import a type at any time by placing the caret at the type, pressing AltEnter and choosing the corresponding quick-fix.

You may want some types or namespaces not to be suggested, for example, if you have something similar to a system type in your solution, say MyFramework.MyCollections.List
, but you are not actually using it. To exclude such items from the suggestions, add them to the Exclude from import and completion list on the Editor | General | Auto Import page of JetBrains Rider settings CtrlAlt0S.
The format of the entries is Fully.Qualified.Name
, Fully.Qualified.Name.Prefix*
, or *Fully.Qualified.Name.Suffix
. Generic types are specified as List`1
.
If you have a method that contains the await
operator, but that is not defined as asynchronous, JetBrains Rider detects such mismatch and offers to fix this problem using the corresponding quick-fix.
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Applying the quick-fix: | ![]() |
After: | ![]() |
With C# 3.0 and LINQ, developers are able to write data-intensive code more easily by directly describing their intent to the compiler. JetBrains Rider detects code that can be rewritten using LINQ syntax and offers to perform the conversion automatically:
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Applying the quick-fix: | ![]() |
After: | ![]() |
JetBrains Rider scans your code base to detect methods that can safely return and accept IEnumerable
instead of a more specific type such as Array
, List
, or ArrayList
:
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JetBrains Rider provides both a context action and a quick-fix to convert assignment statements into object initializers. The context action lets you add field assignments to an initializer one-by-one, whereas the quick-fix adds them all in one go. Here's how the quick-fix works:
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Applying the quick-fix: | ![]() |
After: |
When you invoke an extension method as a traditional C# static method, JetBrains Rider helps you quickly comply with standard extension method call practices:
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Applying the quick-fix: | ![]() |
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JetBrains Rider suggests converting anonymous methods to lambda expressions. The reverse functionality is provided as a context action.
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After: |
JetBrains Rider makes it quick to convert traditional, private field-based properties to automatic properties implemented in C# 3.0. For more information, refer to Use auto-properties.
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Applying the quick-fix: | ![]() |
After: |
When a usage of a type parameter violates its variance, JetBrains Rider suggests to make the parameter invariant:
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Applying the quick-fix: | ![]() |
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