A solution is not limited to sources included in your projects, but also contains references to libraries that are used in your solution. It is very convenient to have access and opportunity to navigate to source code of those libraries as if they are a part of your solution. ReSharper provides special functionality that helps you view and navigate through compiled code.
There are two types of navigation commands that target symbols in compiled code:
- Commands that explicitly specify how to represent compiled code: Navigate to Object Browser , Navigate to Decompiled Sources, Navigate to Metadata View, and Navigate to Sources from Symbol Files.
- Commands that may implicitly lead to compiled code when the target symbol is not in the source code within your solution. For example, Go to Declaration, Go to Type of Symbol, Go to Base Symbols, etc.
For the second type of commands, you can specify how ReSharper will represent external sources.
When this kind of navigation is performed for the first time, you will see a dialog box,
suggesting to choose the default navigation action:
You can also specify the default navigation action in the
External Sources
tab of the ReSharper options.