Visual Studio: Add necessary using directives with macro

Question

Hello guys,

I am trying to do the following. Imagine you are reading some LINQ article and you decide to copy/paste some code from the article to a newly created project. In most cases, if you directly compile you will probably get an error for missing a using directives or assembly reference. I am trying to optimize the process where I have to go each keyword, click on it with the mouse and hit Shift + Alt + F10 to add the using directive. I know that it is not that much pain, but for the sake of optimization, is it possible and at what cost?

Best Regards,

Kiril

Answer 1

You can use Ctrl + .

It's 50% faster than Shift+Alt+F10

Answer 2

Resharper can also automate this process for you, but it has a price