Default access modifier for new C#-classes in Visual Studio 2022

Question

When I generate a new class in Visual Studio (C#), I would like to have the default access modifier changed from "internal" to "public". E.g.:

public class Animal
{
}

instead of:

internal class Animal
{
}

Is there a setting in Visual Studio (2022) where the default access modifier for new classes can be set?

Answer 1

I tried same for Visual Studio Community 2022 (V 17.1.0)

Open Class.cs at

%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Code\1033\Class\Class.cs

The Class.cs file location depends on your installation directory.

Existing class code

class $safeitemrootname$
{
}

Add public keyword

public class $safeitemrootname$
{
}

and Save the file. It's working on my machine.

Answer 2

You can change it at

%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Code\1033\Class