Replace with Alias

• Jun 07, 2019

Expands the alias at the caret.

Availability

Available from the context menu or via shortcuts:

• when the edit cursor or caret is on a type or namespace alias.

Notes

• This refactoring is the opposite of Introduce Alias .
• This refactoring doesn’t remove the alias, even if there are no references left to it.

Example

C#

using System;
using MyAlias = System.Windows.Forms.Button;

namespace MyApplication
{
    class TestClass
    {
        private MyAlias TestMethod()
        {│MyAlias MyBtn = new MyAlias();
            return MyBtn;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports MyAlias = System.Windows.Forms.Button

Namespace MyApplication
    Class TestClass
        Private Function TestMethod() As MyAlias
            Dim MyBtn As │MyAlias = New MyAlias()
            Return MyBtn
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace

Result:

C#

using System;
using MyAlias = System.Windows.Forms.Button;

namespace MyApplication
{
    class TestClass
    {
        private MyAlias TestMethod()
        {│System.Windows.Forms.Button MyBtn = new MyAlias();
            return MyBtn;
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports MyAlias = System.Windows.Forms.Button

Namespace MyApplication
    Class TestClass
        Private Function TestMethod() As MyAlias
            Dim MyBtn As │System.Windows.Forms.Button = New MyAlias()
            Return MyBtn
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace

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