Class View Window

Since the previous versions of Visual Studio, the IDE offers another graphical tool for managing objects, known as the Class View window. To enable this tool you can press Ctrl+Shift+C if it’s not already available as a floating window. Basically it’s a browsing tool that shows a graphical representation of the objects’ hierarchy in your solution and that allows searching for specific members or getting information about types being part of your project, including base types. Figure 17.10 shows this tool window in action, pointing to the same project used in the previous section.

Figure 17.10 The Class View tool window.

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