CodeRush not working?

Question

I was using Resharper and I wanted to try CodeRush so I suspended Resharper and installed CodeRush Xpress. When I installed CodeRush version 2010.1.4 (from this downlad page) the shortcuts did not work.

I tried F2 and other shortcuts that schold work but they did not. However I was able to invoke some CodeRush functions by clicking right mouse button and choosing "Refractor" from the drop down menu. When I choose it there is CodeRush action menu where I can select for example "Rename" but as I select it invokes VS default rename function, not the one of CodeRush.

In the menu of VS I see DevXpress menu item that has only one choise - upload or load CodeRush.

I tried to fix it by uninstaling Resharper and then reinstalling CodeRush but the result is the same. Any ideas on how to fix it or what I did wrong ?

Answer 1

CodeRush Xpress is a cut down (Free) version of the full version of CodeRush. It is not the trial or evaluation version

If you're looking to compare with Resharper, then you should check out the trial of full CodeRush rather than CodeRush Xpress. You may also want to consider installing this community plugin

I have the full version installed at the moment and so cannot double check this, but under CodeRush full, some shortcuts (like F2) are not enabled by default.

If you stick with CodeRush Xpress, the main shortcut you should look to use under CodeRush Xpress is Ctrl + ` (the CodeRush/Refactor key)

Also useful is Ctrl + Shift + Alt + O (Options)

Also consider Restoring the DevExpress menu