Visual Studio: How to show Overloads in IntelliSense?

Solution 1:

Try the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Space. This corresponds to Edit.ParameterInfo, in case you've changed the default.

Example:

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Solution 2:

Ctrl+Shift+Space shows the Edit.ParameterInfo for the selected method, and by selected method I mean the caret must be within the method parentheses.

Here is the Visual Studio 2010 Keybinding Poster.

And for those still using 2008.

Solution 3:

Tested only on Visual Studio 2010.

Place your cursor within the (), press Ctrl+K, then P.

Now navigate by pressing the  ↑  / ↓   arrow keys.

Solution 4:

The default key binding for this is Ctrl+Shift+Space. The underlying Visual Studio command is Edit.ParameterInfo.

If the standard keybinding doesn't work for you (possible in some profiles) then you can change it via the keyboard options page

  • Tools -> Options
  • Keyboard
  • Type in Edit.ParameterInfo
  • Change the shortcut key
  • Hit Assign