Getting the Enum without having to type its class name?

Question

I notice that in C#, when I have an Enum, say:

class ClassObject {
   public static Enum EventType = {Click, Jump, Etc};
}

And when I have to access it, I have to go through it's main class and it is very verbose. For eg:

ClassObject.EventType.Click

I hope that I could access it in a shorter manner, say: EventType.Click, will allow me get that.

So what I thought I could try to create a separate class and extend it from Enum:

class EventType : Enum {
   Click, Jump, Etc;
}

However, this I'm getting a syntax error for this.

Actually, creating another separate class just for this purpose is a little troublesome and I don't even know if this is a good practice or not. But ideally, I just wish to shorten the name and probably avoid the need for having to type the class name before accessing the enum. Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can put the enum at the same depth of the class, it doesn't have to be a class member

namespace Test
{
    public enum EventType
    {
        Click,
        Jump,
        Etc
    };

    class ClassObject { }
}