Hierarchy Tool Window
Alt+8
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).
Toolbar buttons
| 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 drop-down list to limit the scope of the current hierarchy:
In addition to the preconfigured scopes, you can define your own one. To define a scope, select Configure from the drop-down list, and define the required scope in the Scopes dialog box. | Call hierarchies |
| In a method hierarchy, the tree views of the following classes are available:
| ||
| 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 |
: The method is defined.
: The method is defined only in the superclass.
: The method must be defined because the class is not abstract.