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Exploring Project Hierarchy

ReSharper | Inspect | Show Project Hierarchy
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This feature helps you analyze referenced and referencing projects and assemblies of a specific project in your solution.

To view project hierarchy

  1. Choose a project in the Solution Explorer.
  2. In the main menu, choose ReSharper | Inspect | Show Project Hierarchy or right-click the selected project and choose Show Project Hierarchy in the context menu.
  3. In a new tab of the Hierarchy window that appears, you can explore the hierarchy or project references:
    /help/img/dotnet/2016.3/Code_Analysis__Project_Hierarchy__Hierarchy.png
  4. To switch the hierarchy between referenced projects and assemblies and projects that reference the selected project in the current solution, use the corresponding toolbar buttons ( Referenced Projects /help/img/dotnet/2016.3/ThemedIcon.Hierarchy.Screen.[Gray].png/ Referencing Projects /help/img/dotnet/2016.3/ThemedIcon.Subtypes.Screen.[Gray].png)
  5. You can further explore each project or assembly in the hierarchy:
    • Click Base on This /help/img/dotnet/2016.3/ThemedIcon.Base.Screen.[Gray].png to rebuild the hierarchy basing on the selected project or assembly.
    • Double-click on any project reference to locate it in the Solution Explorer.
    • Double-click on any assembly reference to explore the assembly in the Assembly Explorer window.
Last modified: 12 October 2017

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