Resharper Alt Enter not working

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Help, I can't function without Resharper. All of a sudden my Alt+Enter ↵ shortcut (to bring up the action list) has stopped working. Anybody experienced this or know how to fix?

why not select Chuck Conway's answer as the correct one? It fixes this specific problem without killing all your other shortcut customisations. — Jordan Morris, Jun 02 '13 at 08:46
+1 for the "cant function without `Resharper`" I came here with the exact same worries! my go to phrase was "cant function without `Resharper`" — Callum Linington, Aug 21 '14 at 09:35

score 265 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 16 '17 at 10:20

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Symptom A: the menu pops up for a split second, then goes away. Fix using the following steps in numerical order.

Symptom B: pressing Alt+Enter ↵ does nothing. Fix using Step #2 first then try Step #1 if the issue persists.

Perform a Visual Studio reset:
- Run cmd.exe as Administrator
- cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\
- devenv.exe /ResetSettings
Re-apply Visual Studio keyboard scheme:
- (VS2013 latest ReSharper) ReSharper > Options > Environment > Keyboard & Menus > ReSharper Platform keyboard scheme: Visual Studio > Apply Scheme > Save. This will reset the shortcut keys for ReSharper.
- (older versions) ReSharper > Options > Environment > General > Visual Studio Integration > Apply

edited Aug 16 '17 at 10:20

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answered Oct 20 '09 at 18:11

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Reinstalled ReSharper after doing this and it worked. Thanks :) – JontyMC Oct 21 '09 at 09:51
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Instead of reinstalling ReSharper after the VS reset, you might be able to fix it by going into the ReSharper options and do "Environment -> General -> Visual Studio Integration -> Apply". This will reset the shortcut keys for ReSharper. – Josh Close Oct 21 '09 at 13:35
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+1 for Josh's comment - I found that just clicking "Apply" worked without having to reset VS. – Ian G Oct 27 '09 at 10:52
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Thanks! Worked with Josh's comment. You should warn that you'll lose your VS settings after doing this. – dtroy Nov 30 '10 at 00:23
I reset my keyboard profile (in vs options) and re-applied the resharper vs keyboard scheme. Nothing worked. I've found it's specific to a particular solution. A big huge nasty 31 assembly solution. I also deleted the solutions _Resharper folder - the little pencil just never appears on the active line. :( – Sam Jul 24 '12 at 00:39
I reset a bunch of things but nothing worked then I opened Resharper | Manage Options. There are separate resharper settings – 3 levels in my case, my pc’s, my personal settings for the solution and the teams settings for the solution. Resetting these restored my context menu, give that a whirl if u run into that problem. – Sam Jul 24 '12 at 00:55
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Didn't work for me: this did: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18514642/resharper-8-quickfix-shortcut-altenter-gone – bastianwegge Oct 16 '13 at 20:05
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My resharper wasn't working at all --stopped accepting keyboard input. This solution fixed it all!! – drogon Jan 20 '14 at 20:18
Downvoted because this resets keyboard shortcuts. The other solution fixes this issue only without causing any more – John Demetriou Nov 17 '16 at 09:43
At the time of writing, that was the only known solution. This is how stack overflow works. If better solutions arise, they will get up voted and moved to the top. Down voting is for things that are wrong, which is why you actually get points taken away from you when you down vote – Josh Close Nov 17 '16 at 17:29
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In VS2015 / R#10 you will find the option that Josh wrote about 8 years ago in the ReSharper Options > General > Keyboard & Menus. Then click the "Apply Scheme" button. – Menno Deij - van Rijswijk Mar 31 '17 at 07:18
I closed all other instances of VS that I had running. Removed an extra mapping to ALT+Enter and restarted VS. No reinstall of Resharper necessary. – Airn5475 Jun 01 '17 at 12:27
helped me with VS2017 and ReSharper 2017.1.3 Alt + Return Bug – Dominic Jonas Aug 09 '17 at 06:17
I was able to do #2, then restart vs.net and it resolved my issue – David Apr 17 '19 at 12:48

score 133 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 13 '14 at 20:18

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You can try going ReSharper -> Options > IntelliSense > General and switching the radio buttons and clicking OK. Then switching back to the previously selected radiobutton.

Edit

Here is how to change/assign keyshort cuts in Visual Studio/Resharper from JetBrains Knowledge Base

The command you are looking for is called "ReSharper_QuickFix". In version 8, this is called "Resharper_AltEnter".

edited Feb 13 '14 at 20:18

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answered Oct 20 '09 at 18:06

Chuck Conway

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Bump for the `Resharper_AltEnter` shortcut, mine was mapped improperly and it resolved the issue for me – eouw0o83hf Apr 26 '16 at 16:16
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Resharper_AltEnter was the solution – reckface Jun 08 '18 at 09:25

score 115 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 14 '12 at 12:40

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I had to do this:

Resharper -> Options -> Keyboard & Menus
Select "ReSharper 2.x or IntelliJ IDEA"
Click "Apply Scheme"
Click "Save"
Resharper -> Options -> Keyboard & Menus
Select "Visual Studio"
Click "Apply Scheme"
Click "Save"

answered Dec 14 '12 at 12:40

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Thanks. This helped me and non of other methods didn't in my case. – ABCD Apr 17 '13 at 01:09
I did "None", then "Visual Studio", and it worked for me. (VS2012 + ReSharper 8.2) – Chris R. Donnelly May 09 '14 at 22:30
Works on my machine! – Elliot Wood Dec 12 '16 at 02:47
And I can confirm that this works for VisualStudio 2017 as well – SonarJetLens Aug 18 '17 at 14:20
I have a new rig at home, win10, VS 2017 and had the same problem I had all those years ago. Proud to report this fix still works! (had to look it up here though :) ) – Craig Wilcox May 06 '19 at 19:08

score 58 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 16 '17 at 10:21

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To get your Alt+Enter ↵ combination working you should set "ReSharper_AltEnter" action (formerly "ReSharper_QuickFix(Text Editor)") for Alt+Enter ↵ in Tools->Options->Environment->Keyboard. Keyboard Options Press Alt+Enter ↵ in "Press shortcuts here:" field and expand "Shortcuts currently used by:" drop list. It is not necessary for action to be selected, it just should be there. If it is not - go to Resharper->Options->Environment->Keyboard & Menus and apply "ReSharper 2.x or Intellij IDEA" scheme.

After that, ReSharper acions will work for Alt+Enter ↵ even when you'll apply "Visual Studio" or "None" keyboard scheme. To be exact, for "Visual Studio" schema selecting window will be shown and for "None" ReSharper action will be executed by default. Hereby, "ReSharper_AltEnter" for Alt+Enter ↵ is the key moment to get your ReSharper actions working!

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answered Nov 21 '12 at 08:25

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For new versions of R# the command named "ReSharper_AltEnter" – Michael Logutov May 31 '13 at 10:11
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That should be an answer (together with comment from Michael). Resetsettings will reset all the user-defined settings - be aware! – IgorStack Jan 16 '16 at 03:15
From "Show commands containing", search "ReSharper_AltEnter", then add "Alt+Enter"in "Press shortcut keys", then "Assign" to renew. – dasons Jun 21 '16 at 15:21
I cant find the quick fix commant in show commands containing dialog. I have a newer version of resharper I guess – John Demetriou Nov 17 '16 at 09:42

score 22 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 26 '14 at 12:42

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Thanks Josh ... your suggestion worked for me. The steps I took on VS 2010 were:

ReSharper -> Options -> Environment -> Visual Studio Integration -> Keyboard Shortcuts (Visual Studio) -> Apply Scheme (button)

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Works for me, a note though: i've done this before and it does take a while. I got impatient and ctrl+alt+del'd the process, after that I couldn't get it to work again. The morale of the story kids: be patient :) – Mike Apr 13 '12 at 07:38
Apply scheme worked for me. unfortunately, this was the last option I tried. – Lost Jun 06 '13 at 16:34
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I'm on ReSharper 7, and it appears that the menu items have been renamed. For the benefit of others, I found this button under ReSharper -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard & Menus -> Keyboard Shortcuts (Visual Studio) -> Apply Scheme (button) – Chris Payne Mar 10 '14 at 11:02

score 12 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 01 '19 at 09:25

In addition to the answers above, there is an easy way Using Resharper 3.3

in Visual Studio 2017

Open Tools > Options or press Alt + T + O
Under Environment tab > Keyboard
Search for "AltEnter" and select Resharper_AltEnter
Add a new shortcut Alt+Enter
Assign > OK

and it worked...

score 8 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 29 '15 at 16:01

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I had to do this:

Go to Visual Studio -> Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard
Press Reset
Go to ReSharper -> Options... -> Environment -> Keyboard & Menus
Select the ReSharper keyboard scheme
Finally, select Visual Studio, click on Apply Scheme and then Save

.. and it worked!

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score 6 · Answer 8 · edited Jan 26 '14 at 12:44

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I have encounter the same problem. you might be able to fix it by going into the

ReSharper > Options > Environment > Keyboard & Menus > check ReSharper 2.x or IntelliJ IDEA -> Apply

This will reset the shortcut keys for ReSharper.

edited Jan 26 '14 at 12:44

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answered Sep 20 '12 at 18:51

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 13 '12 at 08:21

I've also found that Kwex solution works but sometimes it doesn't put all of the shortcuts back.

I found this strange solution

http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RSRP-287309

i found an ad-hoc solution which seems to do the trick for now (not sure if this is universal, but it worked here. Twice):

I exported my current settings which had the not working ReSharper shortcuts set (Tools-Import/Export->Export selected...)

I imported the settings again (Tools->Import/Export->Import selected...)

Kind of a hack perhaps, but the keyboard shortcuts seem to work.

solution helped fix the rest (especially Control + B - go to definition)

score 1 · Answer 10 · edited Jan 27 '14 at 07:54

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The only thing to be done is to set the keyboard shortcut under Options > Environment > Keyboard. You add ReSharper_QuickFix to your search and enter the shortcut keys under Press shortcut keys: textbox and click Assign and OK. Done, You don't have to reset anything.

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answered Oct 04 '12 at 13:17

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score 1 · Answer 11 · edited Aug 16 '17 at 10:22

As an additional reason for why Alt+Enter ↵ would not work if analysis is turned off on the file. If you look in the upper right of the of the code editing window just to the right of the scroll bar and there is a pause icon instead of the warning, or OK symbols R# will not give you any menu on Alt+Enter ↵.

If this is disabled you can enable it from the R# options menu under Code Inspection > Settings and make sure that Enable code analysis is checked.

score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Aug 16 '17 at 10:23

This happened to me after upgrading ReSharper to version 8.0.14.856 from some v8 EAP. I use the IntelliJ shortcuts. My Alt+Enter ↵ stopped working. To get it back I used the

ReSharper | Options | KeyBoard & Menus.

I picked the Visual Studio radio button, then Apply Scheme button, then selected the Resharper 2x or IntelliJ IDEA radio button, then another Apply Scheme. My Alt+Enter ↵ started working again.

I write this because the issue came in the newest version of the tool, and the comments by Bart and Josh, while still substantively still correct, refer to menu items that moved a little since they wrote.

score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 28 '21 at 14:42

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Solved by installing "IntelliJ keyboard shortcut extension". Didn't find any of the Reshaper options.

answered Mar 28 '21 at 14:42

Neail

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The only solution in 2021 .. thanks bro ! – delaram Aug 01 '21 at 15:38

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 07 '09 at 14:36

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I had the same when I upgraded Vista -> Win 7. I my case, I had set my keyboard to 'United States-international'. Pressing the + will actually give you + + . Solution: set keyboard to 'US'.

answered Dec 07 '09 at 14:36

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 20 '14 at 03:13

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if any of the other solution does not works try Deleting the %APPDATA%\JetBrains\ReSharper folder. This will restores ReSharper to working condition in VS2012 as well as VS2013.

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered May 05 '15 at 10:08

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In my case the Right-Alt "compose" key was preventing windows from seeing that it was being pressed, so it just saw "enter". Removing the compose key fixed it for me..

answered May 05 '15 at 10:08

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 23 '21 at 08:08

One other solution to this:

This can be caused by ReSharper extensions that are no longer compatible with the installed version of ReSharper. Uninstalling the extensions typically fixes it for me.

I have typically seen this when using the EAP versions of R#. For example, as of this writing, the current EAP R# 2021.3 has several plugins that are incompatible and cause exceptions on load that cause light bulb actions / alt+enter to fail to load: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RSRP-486452

Note: You may see error messages pop up when Visual Studio starts up that will be caused by said incompatible exceptions.

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