Refactoring
- Rename
- Extract Method
- Encapsulate Field
- Change Signature
- Move Implementation to Source File
- Add Member
- Add Similar Member
- Document Method
- Create Declaration
- Create Implementation
Writing Code
- Suggestion Lists
- Acronyms
- Shorthand
- Surround Selection
- Insert of }, ), ]
- VA Snippets
- Format after Paste
- Multiple Clipboards
- Insert _ after m and Shift
Reading Code
- Enhanced Syntax Coloring
- Local Symbols in Bold
- Stable Symbols in Italics
- Highlight Matching {} and ()
- Column Indicator
- Highlight Current Line
Search and Navigation
- VA Outline
- 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
Hovering Tooltips
Tooltips appear when you hover over symbols in your code. With Visual Assist X, hovering tooltips are available for virtually all methods, functions and macros, including those from third-party libraries and your own code. Information is more accurate and appears more often.With Visual Assist X, hovering tooltips appear even when default IntelliSense is unable to create them. The improved consistency means you no longer wait, unsure if a tooltip is to appear or not.
Additional Information
Click on a symbol, instead of hovering, and examine the Context and Definition fields to learn more about the symbol. Open the VA View to see additional information in the Hovering Class Browser.Extract from Source
By default in C/C++, comments inside hovering tooltips are extracted from headers. For tooltips generated by Visual Assist X, you have the option of extracting from source and headers. In these instances, both types of comments appear in tooltips.
You must have Parse all files when opening a project enabled prior to opening of your project if you want comments extracted from source files not yet opened. The option is in
Performance|General.
Options
You can configure Visual Assist X so it applies enhanced syntax coloring to hovering tooltips..
For C/C++, you have the option to see the hovering tooltips of default IntelliSense instead of those from Visual Assist X. You select this mode if the tooltips from the IDE are more accurate.
Miscellaneous
You do not need to build before tooltips for new symbols are available.Move the mouse pointer or press ESC to clear a hovering tooltip.
Hovering tooltips from default IntelliSense may be slightly different from those generated by Visual Assist X. Content comes from different parsers. The difference applies only to C/C++ and only when the option to Get content from default IntelliSense is enabled.
You cannot distinguish a tooltip from default IntelliSense from one generated by Visual Assist X.