Question

I have the following in a C# class:

public static readonly SortedDictionary<string, string> Fields =
    new SortedDictionary<string, string>
        { ... }

I was hoping there was a way to get Intellisense to provide prompts for all the keys defined in Fields. It supplies lists of the methods and properties in the class, including the Fields property, but when I go to access Fields[ or Fields[", it says nothing other than that I need to supply a string key. Is there a way to have it tell me a list of the string keys since this is a static class property that is not at all dynamic or changed after compilation?

Answer 1

Do this instead:

public enum MyKeys
{
   Key1,
   Key2,
   Key3
}

public static readonly SortedDictionary<MyKeys, string> Fields =
    new SortedDictionary<MyKeys, string>
        { ... }

This will cause intellisense to pick up the enum type so you’ll get the desired effect.