IntelliSense suggestion for enum ordinal value

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Business value

Developers can be more productive when creating enums and enum extensions by relying on IntelliSense to suggest the next available enum ordinal value.

Feature details

IntelliSense will now suggest the next available ordinal value (within the current object range) for an enum option when creating it in the enum or enum extension.

Example when creating a new entry in an enum

IntelliSense suggestion for enum ordinal value

Example when extending an existing enum

The suggested ordinal value will be within the defined object range for the extension.

IntelliSense suggestion for enum ordinal value in enum extension

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