I usually use Eclipse for coding, which has a pretty nice parameters completion feature: when you are calling a method, just after you typed (, it will show you the list of parameters, and highlight where you are as you type:
How can I get similar help in Visual Studio 2012?
I know that Ctrl + K, Ctrl + I shows some info about what your cursor currently highlights, but it doesn't work if you already have started typing something. If I type MyMethod(arg1,
and then hit the shortcut (or any other, such as Ctrl + Space or Ctrl + Shift + Space), I don't get anything useful.
You can use:
Ctrl+Shift+Space. This brings up the argument list for a method your cursor is currently in.
Example:
Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Space with the cursor after "a",
results in:
You can check this is properly assigned in the keyboard settings, as Edit.ParameterInfo
:
For my case, neither Ctrl+Shift+Space nor Ctrl+K+P work.. eventually I nailed it down to this settings:
Now whenever I typed (, intellisense will automatically pop up!.. nice!
As it turned out, this is caused by Resharper..., the Resharper uninstall doesn't correctly restore the original Visual Studio settings.
visual studio 2019
you can add a button to tool bar:
view>toolbar> text editor.
Then:
view>toolbar>Customize:
Select commands tab.
Select Toolbar radio button.
On toolbar dropdown select Text Editor.
command location
Press "add new command.
Select Edit [wait to populate].
Select parameter Info.
command image.
Hope this helps.