Getting intellisense to work in Razor files

[jerriep]

Is there a way to get IntelliSense to work in Razor files in Statiq projects?

The screenshot below is from the statiqdev.github.io project and as you can see it does not seem to recognise the Outputs property (or any of the other properties from the StatiqRazorPage<TModel> base class. Also, things like the DocumentLink HTML helper is not recognised or picked up in IntelliSense.

This is the case for me in both VS and Rider. Perhaps there is a trick I am missing?

[daveaglick]

Yes! You're in luck, there's actually a pretty straight-forward way to let the Razor engine know that you're using a different base page class. Create a _ViewImports.cshtml file at the root of the "input" folder as described here: https://statiq.dev/web/content-and-data/templates/razor - let me know if you have any trouble.

[jerriep]

Ooh as I typed that response, I was wondering whether it was Jetbrains' fault, since I have ReSharper installed in VS. I disabled it quickly and now it works 100%. So, it seems it is ReSharper (and Rider) that does not like it.

I'll just use VS without Resharper for editing those templates.

Thank you :)

[StevenTCramer]

@daveaglick the link is broken.
Here is a permalink to @jerriep (thanks) current version
https://github.com/stellar-admin/website/blob/dd8dfa2607d508752b139099bda1aa867b65f521/src/StellarAdminWebsite/input/_viewimports.cshtml

[StevenTCramer]

https://github.com/statiqdev/Website/blob/fb7f8f09cced081968588114492eb9df9c074dd5/input/guide/content-and-data/template-languages/razor.md

I found the doc Dave was referencing and above is a permalink.

[daveaglick]

@StevenTCramer I've been tweaking the guide layout to try and make the docs a little easier to follow. Of course, that also means I'm breaking links since it's shifting around enough that there's not always an obvious redirect 😬. Thanks a ton for permalinking that here for others who stumble on this same discussion.

[icalvo]

I've found a tweak that is a bit more general, because it also works with Rider. In addition to the _ViewImport.cshtml stuff, just change the project SDK. Edit the first line of your .csproj file to be:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

Now the intellisense works in Rider. I had to tune up the CleanBlog theme a little bit to get rid of all Razor complaints.