--- title: Adding static getter thanks to extensions | daily.dev description: C# 14 introduces extension blocks that can add static properties to existing types, not just instance methods. Using this feature, you can add a custom... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/adding-static-getter-thanks-to-extensions-rvnhzsfwz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Adding static getter thanks to extensions | daily.dev og:description: C# 14 introduces extension blocks that can add static properties to existing types, not just instance methods. Using this feature, you can add a custom... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/adding-static-getter-thanks-to-extensions-rvnhzsfwz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rvNHZsfwz.png og:image:alt: Adding static getter thanks to extensions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Adding static getter thanks to extensions **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary C# 14 introduces extension blocks that can add static properties to existing types, not just instance methods. Using this feature, you can add a custom NaturalSort comparer directly to StringComparer so it can be accessed as StringComparer.NaturalSort, matching the ergonomics of built-in comparers like StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase. 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