C#/.NET How do I find the containing namespace from a class name

Question

I often find myself remembering the name of a class that I want to use, but not remembering the containing namespace. Apart from searching the web, i wonder if a good method exists for looking this up.

Answer 1

If you know the name of a class in .Net but have no idea what namespace it is in, it can be hard finding it, especially if you dont have a reference/using to the assembly containing it.

This is where the Object Browser (Ctrl+W,J) comes in handy.

Open it up, type in the name, it will give you all matches, either within your project/solution, or all of the .Net framework.

Edit:
As S.C. Madsen's comment points out, this also helps if you only remember PART of a class name, also if you only remember a method name but not the class.

Answer 2

CTRL + '.' will bring up a menu where you can either add a 'using' or fully qualify the class.