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I usually use Eclipse for coding, which has a pretty nice parameters completion feature: when you are calling a method, just after you typed (, it will show you the list of parameters, and highlight where you are as you type:
How can I get similar help in Visual Studio 2012?
I know that Ctrl + K, Ctrl + I shows some info about what your cursor currently highlights, but it doesn't work if you already have started typing something. If I type MyMethod(arg1, and then hit the shortcut (or any other, such as Ctrl + Space or Ctrl + Shift + Space), I don't get anything useful.
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You can trigger IntelliSense in any editor window by typing Ctrl+Space or by typing a trigger character (such as the dot character (.)
In order to access this feature, you will need to turn this option on in Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# or Basic > Advanced and select Display inline parameter name hints (experimental). The inline parameter name hints will then appear in C# or Visual Basic file.
To access this options page, choose Tools > Options, and then choose Text Editor > C# > IntelliSense.
You can use:
Ctrl+Shift+Space. This brings up the argument list for a method your cursor is currently in.
Example:
Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Space with the cursor after "a", results in:
You can check this is properly assigned in the keyboard settings, as Edit.ParameterInfo:
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For my case, neither Ctrl+Shift+Space nor Ctrl+K+P work.. eventually I nailed it down to this settings:
Now whenever I typed (, intellisense will automatically pop up!.. nice!
As it turned out, this is caused by Resharper..., the Resharper uninstall doesn't correctly restore the original Visual Studio settings.
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