Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 Unleashed

Class View

The Class View window is similar in design and function to the Solution Explorer window. It, too, provides a hierarchical view of project elements. However, the view here is not based on the physical files that constitute a solution or project; rather, this window provides a view of the various namespaces, types, interfaces, and enums within a project.

The Class View window is composed of four major visual components: a toolbar, a search bar, a tree view of types (called the Objects pane), and a members pane, as shown in Figure 5.3.

Figure 5.3 The Class View window.