VS Add-on to Copy full type name of identifier under the cursor into clipboard [closed]

Question

Is there a visual studio add-on to copy the full type name of the identifier under the cursor into clipboard? Please DO NOT link me to "VS 2010 - easy way to copy full type name of a class/interface?" I don't want to deal with macros; only add-ons. Thanks :)

Rhinoceros

You mean you have your cursor in the identifier, you've no selection and hitting Ctrl+C copies the identifier to clipboard? – Micronesian

No, that would be silly. I'm thinking more of a right click menu item to do it. – Rhinoceros

No its not silly. By default, VS 2010 copies the whole line if you don't have any selection. I guess older versions copied word only (although my memory is vague on this). AFAIK, there is no addon/extension that does that as this becomes the non-standard behavior (compared to other IDEs). It should be an easy one to write though. – Micronesian

Similar to #8567128 – Martguerita

I asked my question first. :p – Rhinoceros

Answer 1

Ultimately, Visual Studio's Object Browser gets you what you want. Unfortunately, the task might be cumbersome without Resharper.

If you have Resharper, you can set up a key binding for EditorContextMenus.CodeWindow.NavigateTo.Resharper_NavigateToObjectBrowser

To copy the full type name of a property, method, or class to the clipboard, position your cursor in the relevant spot... (for example)

Now press your new keyboard shortcut (CTRL+ALT-J in my example above).

Once in the object browser, you can press CTRL+C immediately to copy what you want to the clipboard.

Flip over to any ol' application now and press CTRL+V to paste the contents..

Refresher

Speeking of ReSharper indeed it's faster to press [Alt] + [~], then go straight to "Object browser". – Pea

It's now perhaps just as fast, but easier, to press ALT+ENTER, then begin typing "object browser". ALT+ENTER can do anything now. – Refresher

Alex, you mean RS9, I suppose. We're still running on RS8.0 with no upgrade in foreseeable future :( – Pea

Yes, sorry. RS9 introduced the mega ALT+ENTER feature. – Refresher

This has been inoperable/broken since we moved to VS2015. I was hoping VS2015 Update 1 would fix it, or the 10.0.1 release of ReSharper, but alas, it is still broken. I have Ctrl+Alt+J mapped properly, as above, but pressing it does nothing. If anyone out there has this working in VS2015, can you chime in? Maybe I just have an errant setting preventing this from working. – Rosaleerosaleen

@sliderhouserules This seems to work again.. at least with the current VS 2015 and R# 10 EAP. – Refresher

If you have a recent ReSharper version you can use the menu option called ReSharper/Edit/Copy Fully-qualified name/ Source browser URI to clipboard. – Minsk