Change the Implement Interface template

Question

In Visual Studio 2010, is it possible to change the default template used when implementing an interface?

I would like to change the implementation of properties from

public int MyProperty
{
    get
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
    set
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

to

public int MyProperty { get; set; }

Edit

so i tried to Edit PropertyStub.snippet but to no avail, it didn't change anything...

I found this question Changing property stubs for interface refactoring which says that ReSharper is the only way.

Anyone able to make this work, with example, cause the change i made did not seem to have any effects

Have a look at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\Refactoring\PropertyStub.snippet (in the Code Snippets Manager: Refactoring\Property Stub for language Visual C#). If this is the one used by Visual Studio, I wonder if there's a way to modify it on a per-user basis rather than directly. — dtb
– dtb, Commented Sep 22, 2010 at 20:37

Ruben Bartelink · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-27 23:07:01Z

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Yes, it is possible to change this template. The C# IDE uses templates for the majority of it's code generation and the IDE. You can update these templates to control the code generation process. They are located in the following directory

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\Refactoring

Note: The " (X86)" portion will be absent on 32 bit machines.

For this particular situation you want to change the PropertyStub.snippet file.

edited Oct 27, 2011 at 23:07

Ruben Bartelink

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answered Sep 22, 2010 at 20:43

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6 Comments

moi_meme Over a year ago

Well I Tried but it didn't work... any requirement for this to work?

JaredPar Over a year ago

@moi_meme, did you restart VS?

moi_meme Over a year ago

Yes I did, many times... I tried just adding a contant and nothing changed... do yoou have a working example?

scaryman Over a year ago

@LuisPalacios it does not work in 2015 -- See connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/1857694/… for more info.

rory.ap Over a year ago

@scaryman -- Of course not. Why would it? Why keep a useful feature when you can get rid of it for no good reason?

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