Hierarchy Tool Window

View | Tool Windows | Hierarchy
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Use the Hierarchy tool window to analyze and navigate through hierarchies of classes.

You can update the previously built hierarchy by clicking the Refresh icon in the Hierarchy tool window. Alternatively, the results are updated when you run the next hierarchy command (unless you pinned the tab with one of the previously built hierarchies).

Item	Description	Available In
	Shows both the parent and child classes of the selected class, which is marked with an arrow in the tree of results.	Class hierarchies
	Shows the hierarchy of each supertype of the current class.	Class hierarchies Call hierarchies
	Shows all classes that extend the selected class.	Class hierarchies Call hierarchies
	Sorts all elements within a tree alphabetically.	All hierarchies
Scope	Use this list to limit the scope of the current hierarchy: Project: Traces usages of the method across the project. Test: Traces usages of the method across the test classes. All: Traces usages of the method across the project and the libraries. This class: Limits the scope to the current class. In addition to the preconfigured scopes, you can define your own one. To define a scope, select Configure from the list, and define the required scope in the Scopes dialog.	Call hierarchies
In a method hierarchy, the tree views of the following classes are available: : The method is defined. : The method is defined only in the superclass. : The method must be defined because the class is not abstract.
	Shows all updated classes or class structures.	All hierarchies
	Moves to a file and a section in a source code that corresponds to the selected node in the hierarchy tree.	All hierarchies
	Locks the current tab from closing and reusing. Results of the next command are displayed in a new tab.	All hierarchies
	Exports a hierarchy into a text file. You can specify a location for this file.	All hierarchies
	Closes the selected tab.	All hierarchies
	Shows the reference page.	All hierarchies