It seems like a VERY, VERY simple feature that should probably be enabled by default, but after searching the web and looking for an extension, I still can't manage it.

I want to be able to see the .Net documentation page of a highlighted or hovered over or perhaps even suggested element- either as a preview, or a link.

For instance, If I am recommended methods for modifying a list, I want to be able to figure out what those methods do without going to the definition and working it out myself every time.

This is either a REDICULOUS oversight from VS developers, who are otherwise capable, or I am missing something... and for some reason it doesn't show up on any kind of google search I can think of.

CodePudding user response：

The F1 Key achieves this and is called the Help Context key command found under Help.F1Help in Tools->options->Environment->Keyboard(a useful screen in general).

It's documentation does not come up on a google search of the term, and I personally don't remember it being on any of the keyboard shortcut videos I have seen. I have used it as a generic f1 'help' feature only rarely, but was not aware it was contextual to the code.

Hopefully, this post leads others doing similar searches to my own to the correct answer.