Explore hierarchy of references

This feature helps you explore hierarchy of references for any assembly and track down all assembly dependencies. Recursive dependencies are detected and marked with a glyph to the right of a reference entry.

View reference hierarchy for an assembly

Select an assembly in the Assembly Explorer window.
Do one of the following:
- Choose Inspect | References Hierarchy from the menu.
- Right-click the assembly and choose References Hierarchy in the context menu.
- Press Ctrl+Alt+R.
In a new tab of the Hierarchy window that appears, you can explore the hierarchy or assembly references:
To switch the hierarchy between referenced assemblies and currently loaded assemblies that reference the selected assembly, use the corresponding toolbar buttons (Referenced Projects /Referencing Projects )
You can further explore each assembly in the hierarchy:
- Click Base on This to rebuild the hierarchy basing on the selected assembly.
- Double-click any assembly reference to explore the assembly in the Assembly Explorer window.

This feature is inspired by and borrowed from JetBrains ReSharper, a developer productivity tool for Microsoft Visual Studio.

Last modified: 01 August 2022