switch statement auto-fill for enums in C#

Just a handy-dandy little tip for working with enums and switch statements in Visual Studio.

Let's say I have an enum defined somewhere:

public enum Genders { Female, Male, Neuter }

If I then declare a variable of the enumerated type:

...
Genders g;
...

And then create a switch statement using the switch code snippet (i.e. type the word “switch” and then press tab) I get the following:

switch (switch_on)
{
  default:
}

and the word “switch_on” will be selected.

Change that switch_on to your enum variable’s name, in this case g, and then press the down-arrow cursor key (other keystrokes might work, but I know that down-arrow definitely does) and VS will automagically fill in the switch statement with the values:

switch (g)
{
  case Genders.Female:
    break;
  case Genders.Male:
    break;
  case Genders.Neuter:
    break;
  default:
    break;
}

Cool, eh?