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Navigation

Productive ways to move around in your project.

Our IDEs help you find your way through the source code using the declarations, members, method calls, inheritance hierarchy, errors, and so on - as well as through IDE items like actions, settings, and tool windows.

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Recent Files & Locations

Quickly navigate around your recent files & locations

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Navigate to Test

Go to your matching test class

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Navigating Forward & Backward

Move forward and backward between your locations in the code

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Go to Declaration or Implementation

Go to Declaration or Usages, or Go to Implementation

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How to Quickly Jump to Recent Files in any JetBrains IDE

Are you tired of hunting for that crucial file buried in your project? Say goodbye to the hassle with these IDE shortcuts and tips. Jump to recent files effortlessly in JetBrains IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, PhpStorm, WebStorm, GoLand, CLion, RubyMine, and more!

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Navigating your project

Use Search Everywhere to helps you find code, functions, blueprint usages, and more.

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Working with Blueprints

Navigate back-and-forth between code an blueprints, find usages, ...

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Navigating around a Unity project

Find your way around your code base, asset usages, and more.

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Find and Show Asset Usages

Visually understand the scene structure and where an asset is used.

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Hierarchy, bookmarks and camera presets

Find your way through complex scenes.

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Search Everywhere

Quickly search throughout your project. For anything!

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Navigate to the Last Edited Location

How to navigate to your last edit in WebStorm.

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Write SQL queries using popular database packages

Work with SQL queries and get completion and other features automatically.

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Moving Through Your Code

Tips for moving through and navigating your code base

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Opening Tool Windows

Quickly open IntelliJ IDEA's tool windows without using the mouse, and easily find items in the window.

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Navigating Code with ReSharper

Let's look at some fast and easy ways to navigate around a code base.

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Shortcuts, Editing and Code Completion

Let's dive into the most important productivity shortcuts, editing, and code completion.

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Use Find Usages to search for references in your code base

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Configure Your Editor

Setup the editor to suit your requirements

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Navigate to subtests in table tests

Jump to the specific test case from the results window

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Navigation in web applications

How can you find what you want? Let's look at navigating around a code base.

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Navigate Cursor Position Back and Forth

Navigate back to where you were, or where you went.

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Activate Navigation Bar

Bring up the Navigation Bar as needed, let it disappear when finished.

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Create New File With Navigation Bar

Activate the Navigation Bar and create a new file somewhere in the project tree.

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Find In Path With Navigation Bar

Use keyboard and Navigation Bar to find files under a path.

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Navigate to Symbol

Navigate your project by code, not files.

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Navigate with Select In

Find the current file in the Project tool window faster.

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Find Specific Things Faster

Use Speed search to look for specific information in tool windows and popups.

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Navigation in a code base with Rider

How to navigate around a code base? Let's look at some easy ways of doing so.

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Shortcuts, Editing, and Completion in Rider

Where to start? Let's learn the two most important shortcuts, editing, and code completion.

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Open Recent Projects

Quick ways to navigate to other solutions

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Manage Projects

Keep your projects organized for an efficient experience

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Quickly Jump to Line

Go to a specific line in a file using the Go to file popup.

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Search in Selection Only

Limit the search to the selected part of code.

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Working with Navigation Bar

Find out how to use the navigation bar efficiently.

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Using Recent Locations for Navigation

Preview the part of code and files you've recently edited and get back to them quickly.

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File Structure Overview

Get a high-level view of the structure of a specific file.

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Using Switcher for Navigation

Swiftly jump to the last opened file or open a tool window using the popup.

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Analyze call trees for functions or methods

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Go to/from a test

Navigate to and from a test subject like a method or function

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Jump to the Navigation Bar

Get an overview of your current location, and the project itself

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Navigate between opened files using the Switcher

Don't use the mouse to quickly move between multiple files

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Navigate to File

Jump to a file without using the Project Tool Window, and your mouse

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Recent Locations

Jump back and forth between files using code snippets you've recently seen

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Select the current file in the Project or Changes view and more

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Quickly discover the usages of the element your cursor is at

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Structure popup

View the file or whole package structure and navigate to any element

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Discover what types implement an interface or what interfaces are implemented by a type

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Search Anywhere

Start typing anywhere to search!

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42 Tips and Tricks

Become an IDE champ with these bite-sized tips and tricks.

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Navigation Bar Intro

Move around files with keyboard, without wasting screen UI space

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Find In Path With Navigation Bar

Use keyboard and Navigation Bar to find files under a path.

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Create New File With Navigation Bar

Activate the Navigation Bar and create a new file somewhere in the project tree.

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Narrow Navigation Bar With Speed Search

Narrow and select from a long folder listing Navigation Bar by typing a speed search.

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Open File With Navigation Bar

Open a file somewhere in the project tree using the keyboard and Navigation Bar.

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Navigate Files With Navigation Bar

Move around your project tree and select files, from your keyboard, with the Navigation Bar.

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Activate Navigation Bar

Bring up the Navigation Bar as needed, let it disappear when finished.

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Navigate Cursor Position Back and Forth

Easily navigate back to where you were, or where you went.

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Navigate to Symbol

Navigate your project by code, not files.

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Navigate to File

Jump to a file without using the Project Tool and your mouse.