DevExpress CodeRush Tips&Tricks

DXCore has several components added into your Visual Studio toolbox, which you can use inside your DXCore based plug-ins. These components are divided into the following categories:

• Commands
• Events
• Extensions
• Providers
• User Assistance/Interaction
• Visual Controls

Here they are in detail (the icon (a green tick or a red cross) on the last column in all tables specifies whether this control appears on the Visual Studio toolbox):

• Commands

	Name	Description
	Action	Registers an action with DXCore/CodeRush and the Visual Studio IDE. Actions can be bound to keystrokes.
	Text Command	TextCommands move the editor caret, insert, remove, or change code, and bring up a UI for powerful, intelligent and potentially interactive code creation.

• Events

• Extensions

	Name	Description
	Duplicate Line	Participates in the CodeRush Duplicate Line feature, providing intelligent custom suggestions based on the context.
	Intellassist	Participates in the CodeRush Intellassist feature, providing intelligent custom suggestions based on the context.
	Language	Registers support for a programming language, implementing a parser that generates a source tree of DXCore language elements.
	Selection Inversion	Adds custom intelligent selection inversions that can be applied to the selected code.
	Intelligent Paste	Adds custom Intelligent Paste expansion based on the context.

• Providers

	Name	Description
	Code	Provides a particular code operation which can change your code in any way, depending on the context.
	Code Metric	Calculates and returns a code metric used in the Metrics tool window of Refactor! Pro.
	Context	Provides a context entry which users can bind to shortcuts, code templates and other CodeRush solutions. Context determines if a feature is appropriate for use.
	Contract	Provides a code contract used in the Add Contract provider, which checks conditions for method parameters.
	Dynamic List	Returns a collection of Dynamic Lists used in the CodeRush Templates Engine.
	Issue	Provides a particular code issue check, which verifies the source code.
	Navigation	Provides a particular navigation action, which performs navigation inside of the source code.
	Refactoring	Provides a particular code refactoring operation, which can improve your source code without changing its logic in the definite context.
	Search	Returns a custom searcher used in the Rename refactoring or Tab to Next Reference navigation feature.
	Smart Tag	Provides a custom smart tag item used in the IDE context menu or in the Refactor! popup menu.
	String	Returns a string based on state, context, and/or parameters passed to this provider. String providers can be used in templates, text expansion, intelligent paste, and a number of other CodeRush features.
	Tutorial Content	Returns a section of HTML for displaying in the DXCore User Guide.
	Tutorial Page	Returns an entire HTML page, and registers it, so it appears in the topic tree of the DXCore User Guide.
	Unit Test	Provides support for custom testing engines used in the CodeRush Unit Test Runner.

• User Assistance/Interaction

	Name	Description
	Action Hint	Points to a location on screen with a large colored arrow, displaying a short text message. Action hints inform new users about IDE tools features, as they occur.
	Animated Arrow	A descendant of the AnimationFrame, this control will animate an arrow that moves from one location in the source code to another. This animation is useful for illustrating relationships between bits of code.
	Animation Frame	Animates on the code editor, the form designer, or just about any part of Visual Studio.
	Big Feedback	Shows a custom feedback message (also known as Billboard Message) on the entire code editor surface.
	Big Hint	Shows a customizable hint with a title and specific information.
	Code View	Shows a syntax highlighted code preview window, useful for showing result code of any code changing operation.
	Reorder Selector	An interactive selector specified for the reordering of elements in the code editor.
	Locator Beacon	A descendant of the AnimationFrame, this control will animate a locator beacon anywhere you need one in Visual Studio.
	Shortcuts Hint	Shows a help hint with a table of available shortcut keys in the current context for the particular interactive feature.
	SourceRange Highlight	A descendant of the AnimationFrame, this control will highlight a section of code.
	Target Picker	A code location picker used for specifying the target location.
	Text Change Selector	An interactive dialog used for several code changing operations. Allows you to apply a single change, apply all changes, skip, or suppress and then resume code changing operations.

• Visual Controls

	Name	Description
	Color Swatch	A color picker used for choosing a color.
	Context Picker	Allows users to specify sophisticated context expressions.
	LedLight	A small icon used for indicating a particular state using different colors.
	LedLightLabel	A small icon with a text used for indicating a particular state using different colors.
	Source Tree	Shows a full source tree of DXCore language elements of a specific parsed source file.

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