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Structure tool window, File structure popup

Last modified: 14 October 2021

Both views help quickly navigate through the file structure:

  • View | Tool Windows | Structure or Alt+7

    This tool window displays the structure of a file currently opened in the editor and having the focus, or selected in the Project tool window.

  • Navigate | File Structure or Ctrl+F12

    This popup displays the structure of a file, currently opened in the editor and having the focus.

This section describes the buttons on the title bar of the tool window and the context menu options of the title bar. Turn these options on and off to have elements of certain types hidden or shown and configure the way they are presented.

The buttons on the title bar are common for all language contexts.

tip

Refer to Structure, Hierarchy, and Breadcrumbs Icons for the icons in the tree view of a file in the Structure tool window.

Title Bar

The buttons on the title bar are common for all language contexts.

Item

Tooltip

Description

Expand All

Expand All Ctrl+NumPad +

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window expanded.

Collapse All

Collapse All Ctrl+NumPad -

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window collapsed.

Show Options Menu

Click this button to open the context menu and configure the appearance of the tool window, its viewing mode, and the way it presents the structure of the current file by turning the menu items on or off.

Hide tool window

Shift+Escape

Hide the tool window Shift+Escape.

To hide all the tool windows, press Ctrl+Shift+F12.

C/C++



Icon

Tooltip

Description

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Show Inherited

Click this button to display all the functions and fields inherited by a class and accessible from it. The inherited members are grayed to differ them from the members defined in the current class.

the Sort by Type button

Sort by Type

Click this button to have the elements sorted by their type in the following grouping order:

  • namespaces

  • C++ structures

  • constructors

  • destructors

  • functions

  • fields

  • type definitions (typedef)

  • global variables

  • directives (#define).

sortedAlphabetically@2x.png

Sort Alphabetically

Click this button to have the elements sorted alphabetically.

Collapse All

Collapse All Ctrl+NumPad -

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window collapsed.

Expand All

Expand All Ctrl+NumPad +

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window expanded.

the Navigate with Single Click button

Navigate with Single Click

Click this button to enable automatic navigation to the line of source code that corresponds to the selected node when the focus switches to the editor.

the Always Select Opened Element button

Always Select Opened Element

Click this button to have CLion automatically move the focus in the Structure tool window to the node that corresponds to the code where the cursor is currently positioned in the editor.

HTML, XML



Icon

Tooltip

Description

the Sort Alphabetically button

Sort Alphabetically

Click this button to have the elements within a class sorted alphabetically.

HTML5 icon

HTML5 Outline

Click this button on to view HTML 5 outline of an HTML file:

html5_outline.png

Collapse All

Collapse All Ctrl+NumPad -

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window collapsed.

Expand All

Expand All Ctrl+NumPad +

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window expanded.

the Navigate with Single Click button

Navigate with Single Click

Click this button to enable automatic navigation to the line of source code that corresponds to the selected node when the focus switches to the editor.

the Always Select Opened Element button

Always Select Opened Element

Click this button to have CLion automatically move the focus in the Structure tool window to the node that corresponds to the code where the cursor is currently positioned in the editor.

JavaScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript



Icon

Tooltip

Description

the Sort Alphabetically button

Sort Alphabetically

Click this button to have the elements within a class sorted alphabetically.

the Group Methods by Defining Type button

Group Methods by Defining Type

Click this button to have all the methods that override/implement the methods of a particular class/interface grouped under the node that corresponds to this class/interface.

the Show Fields button

Show Fields

Click this button to have all fields (properties) shown in the tree.

Show Inherited

Show Inherited

Click this button to display all the methods and fields inherited by the current class and accessible from it. The inherited members are displayed gray to tell them from the members defined in the current class.

Collapse All

Collapse All Ctrl+NumPad -

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window collapsed.

Expand All

Expand All Ctrl+NumPad +

Click this button to have all the nodes in the tool window expanded.

the Navigate with Single Click button

Navigate with Single Click

Click this button to enable automatic navigation to the line of source code that corresponds to the selected node when the focus switches to the editor.

the Always Select Opened Element button

Always Select Opened Element

Click this button to have CLion automatically move the focus in the Structure tool window to the node that corresponds to the code where the cursor is currently positioned in the editor.

See also

Procedures

Getting Started