Can Visual Studio auto-generate properties?

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Like in Eclipse for Java, where it can auto-generate getters and setters for class variables, can Visual Studio 2010 do this as well?

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '10 at 15:16

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I usually type prop in the code editor and then press Tab twice. Another possibility is to right click on the private field and Refactor -> Encapsulate Field ... or Ctrl+R,E but the first method is more convenient for me.

answered Oct 10 '10 at 15:16

Darin Dimitrov

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wow that is cool i never knew that. it doesn't generate everything completely, but its a lot better template than i was working with. – Scott Oct 10 '10 at 15:17
Beat me to it. I don't have VS installed on this machine to double check ;) – ChrisF Oct 10 '10 at 15:19
But still, is there anything to just generate all public properties for each variable in the class similar to eclipse? or is this the only way... – Scott Oct 10 '10 at 15:22
@Scott, I am not aware of any. – Darin Dimitrov Oct 10 '10 at 15:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 13:34

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just write propfull + TAB to auto-generate getter & setters the way Eclipse would.

answered Nov 06 '13 at 13:34

Almak

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 11 '15 at 20:32

Press 'Alt + Insert', then choose 'Properties'. Though I tried it in VS 2012, not sure about 2010 but still worth a try.

There all of your class variables are visible. Select the variables that you want to create properties of. This is similar to what you have referred to in Eclipse.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 21 '11 at 19:49

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you aso have to option to download an addin who does that ie : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/codegen/PropertiesGenerator.aspx

answered Mar 21 '11 at 19:49

VANDERWEYEN Jonathan

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Can Visual Studio auto-generate properties?

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