06.55 Understanding the Navigation Stack

DEFAULT

Ctrl+Shift+8 (back); Ctrl+Shift+7 (forward)

VISUAL BASIC 6

[no shortcut] (back); Ctrl+Shift+7 (forward)

VISUAL C# 2005

Ctrl+Shift+8 (back); Ctrl+Shift+7 (forward)

VISUAL C++ 2

Ctrl+Shift+8 (back); Ctrl+Num * (back); Ctrl+Shift+7 (forward)

VISUAL C++ 6

Ctrl+Num * (back); Ctrl+Shift+7 (forward)

VISUAL STUDIO 6

Ctrl+Shift+8 (back); Ctrl+Shift+7 (forward)

WINDOWS

[no shortcut]

COMMAND

View.PopBrowseContext; View.ForwardBrowseContext

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

LANGUAGES

C++, C#

CODE

vstipEdit0078

Did you know that a dedicated stack is available to you, just for going to definitions? Let’s look at a couple of examples.

Suppose you are looking at a method call, as shown in the following illustration.

You can press ...

Get Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft® Visual Studio® now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.