Widen Scope

Purpose

Moves a variable declaration out of the parent code block, which makes it available in a parent scope.

Available on a variable declaration within a loop, or a conditional statement.

Place the caret on a variable declaration.

Note

The blinking cursor shows the caret’s position at which the Refactoring is available.

for (│int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    // ...
}
// 'i' does not exist here

For │i As Integer = 0 To 9
    ' ...
Next i
' 'i' does not exist here

Press the Ctrl + . or Ctrl + ~ shortcut to invoke the Code Actions menu.
Select Widen Scope from the menu.

After execution, the Refactoring moves the variable declaration out of the current scope.

int i = 0;
for (; i < 10; i++) {
    // ...
}
// 'i' exists here

Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To 9
    ' ...
Next i
' 'i' exists here