Move Type to File

• Jun 07, 2019

Moves a type to a new code file.

Availability

Available from the context menu or via shortcuts:

• when the caret is on a type declaration and the file contains two or more types. The class should have a name that differs from the file name.

Note

The refactoring is not available within shared projects.

Notes

• This refactoring creates a new file with the same name as the type at the caret, adds the file to the project, and then moves the type to that file.
• All leading comments, attributes, and XML doc comments are moved to the new file together with the class itself.

Example

C#

public class │Person 
{
    public Person(string fName) 
    {
        this.fName = fName;
    }
    private string fName;
    public string Name {
        get {
            return fName;
        }
        set {
            fName = value;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Public Class │Person
    Public Sub Person(ByRef fName As String)
        Me.fName = fName
    End Sub
    Private fName As String
    Private Property Name() As String
        Get
            Return fName
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            fName = value
        End Set
    End Property
End Class

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