How to display full documentation of a method as you type in VS?

Question

The title is pretty descriptive... Is there any extension that let me see FULL documentation of the method I'm typing ? I would like to see the documentation as I can see it in Object Browser with description of parameters and everything not just some "summary". So what I'd like to see when I type String.Format is:

Of cause with an option to see all overrides. It may be part of intelisence or I don't know what it does not really matter.

Answer 1

I'm sorry to say, but the answer is no. I can say this with confidence because I myself spent many, many hours looking for such a thing. Good luck.

Answer 2

Would Dynamic Help be close enough? (Help > Dynamic Help or Ctrl+F1, D)

Its a tool window that adjusts its content to what is under your caret in the text editor

Answer 3

The idea is that you get a summary in the intellisense tooltip, and can press F1 to show the full help, or F12 to jump to the declaration (which usually includes the documentation).

I find I usually only need to read the full documentation once or twice and then the tooltips give me enough information to go on. Also, when I find myself needing the full documentation, I usually need to browse further (e.g. investigate the whole class and other methods). I can understand you wanting to see all the information, although I must say I personally prefer it the way it is.

I suspect if you actually had what you're asking for you might want to turn it off (or at least down) after a few weeks when it keeps taking over your whole screen to tell you stuff you already know about methods you type 20 times a day. That's probably why there aren't any tools out there to do it already.

If it helps, tools like Resharper give "better" intellisense tooltips. (I say "better" in quotes because I find Resharper gives me too much information, and the default Visual Studio approach of just showing me one overload at a time is actually a lot less 'in your face'. Many people like to have all this information at their fingertips though). The resharper tooltips still won't get you to a full copy of the documentation page though.