Code snippet or shortcut to create a constructor in Visual Studio

Question

What is the code snippet or shortcut for creating a constructor in Visual Studio?

Visual Studio 2010 and C#.

Answer 1

As mentioned by many, "ctor" and double TAB works in Visual Studio 2017, but it only creates the constructor with none of the attributes.

To auto-generate with attributes (if there are any), just click on an empty line below them and press Ctrl + .. It'll display a small pop-up from which you can select the "Generate Constructor..." option.

Answer 2

I have created some handy code snippets that'll create overloaded constructors as well. You're welcome to use them: https://github.com/ejbeaty/Power-Snippets

For example: 'ctor2' would create a constructor with two arguments and allow you to tab through them one by one like this:

public MyClass(ArgType argName, ArgType argName)
{

}

Answer 3

For Visual Studio 2017, press Ctrl + ..

Answer 4

If you use ReSharper, you can quickly generate constructors by typing:

• 'ctor' + Tab + Tab (without parameters),
• 'ctorf' + Tab + Tab (with parameters that initialize all fields) or
• 'ctorp' + Tab + Tab (with parameters that initialize all properties).

Answer 5

If you want to see the list of all available snippets:

Press Ctrl + K and then X.

Answer 6

Type ctor, and then press TAB twice.