Refactoring
- Rename
- Extract Method
- Encapsulate Field
- Change Signature
- Move Implementation to Source File
- Add Member
- Add Similar Member
- Document Method
- Create Declaration
- Create Implementation
- Create from Usage
Writing Code
- Suggestion Lists
- Acronyms
- Shorthand
- Surround Selection
- Insert of }, ), ]
- VA Snippets
- Smart Suggestions
- Format after Paste
- Multiple Clipboards
- Insert _ after m and Shift
- Auto Using and Add Include
Reading Code
- Enhanced Syntax Coloring
- Local Symbols in Bold
- Stable Symbols in Italics
- Highlight Matching {} and ()
- Column Indicator
- Highlight Current Line
- Highlight Find Results
Search and Navigation
- VA Outline
- VA Navigation Bar
- Find References
- Find by Context
- Goto
- List Methods in File
- Open File in Solution
- Find Symbol in Solution
- Open Corresponding File
- Most Recently Used List
- Navigate Back and Forward
- Move Scope
Corrections
- Underline Spelling Errors
- Underline Mistyped Symbols
- Highlight Mismatching {} and ()
- Repair Case
- Convert Dot to ->
Enhanced IntelliSense
- Enhanced Listboxes
- Parameter Info
- Hovering Tooltips
- Hovering Class Browser
- Context Field
- Definition Field
Configuration
Features for VC6
Parameter Info
Parameter info appears when you type a method name followed by a left parenthesis. With Visual Assist X, parameter info appears more often and with more accurate results.
Parameter info becomes available for virtually all methods, functions and macros. Methods can originate in system libraries, ATL/WTL/STL, third-party libraries and your own code. Virtually everything declared in headers included by your source is available. You do not need to build before parameter info is available.
Visual Assist X improves the paramater info of C/C++ only. Default IntelliSense provides the parameter info for all other programming languages.
Controlling Parameter Info
You can configure Visual Assist X so it applies enhanced syntax coloring to parameter info as in the above example. The coloring is applied to parameter info of Visual Assist X and that of default IntelliSense.If you return to the middle of a parameter list, press Ctrl+Shift+Space to make parameter info reappear.
Use Up Arrow and Down Arrow to scroll through info for overloaded methods.
Press ESC to clear info. Info reappears when you type a comma and begin a subsequent argument, or press Ctrl+Shift+Space.
Options in Microsoft Visual Studio
If you want to see parameter info, enable Tools|Options|Text Editor|C/C++|General|Parameter information. If not, disable the option and restart the IDE to prevent Visual Assist X from displaying info when the IDE does not.Options in Microsoft Visual C/C++
If you want to see parameter info only from Visual Assist X, disable Tools|Options|Editor|Auto parameter info, and disable Text Editor|Completion|Prefer default Intellisense in the Visual Assist X options dialog. Enable Text Editor|C/C++ 6.0|Auto parameter info in the Visual Assist X options dialog.If you want to see parameter info from Visual Assist X only when the IDE is unable to provide it, enable Tools|Options|Editor|Auto parameter info, and enable Text Editor|Completion|Prefer default Intellisense in the Visual Assist X options dialog. Enable Text Editor|C/C++ 6.0|Auto parameter info in the Visual Assist X options dialog.
If you do not want to see parameter info, disable Tools|Options|Editor|Auto parameter info, and disable Text Editor|C/C++ 6.0|Auto parameter info in the Visual Assist X options dialog.
Restart your IDE to make changes take complete effect.
Miscellaneous
The current argument in parameter info is bold.Create Implementation and Change Signature offer more flexibity than parameter info.