Last modified: 24 October 2022

If you want to return to some place in your code later, you can mark any code line in your solution or in library code with a bookmark.

There are two kinds of bookmarks that you can use:

• Bookmarks with mnemonics — are most useful for marking code lines that you often refer to, like top 10 places in your current solution. You can have up to 10 numbered bookmarks simultaneously. They are indicated by the following icons on the left code viewer gutter:

  Use dedicated shortcuts for this kind of bookmarks: Ctrl+Shift+[digit] toggles the bookmark with this digit; Ctrl+[digit] navigates to the bookmark with this digit.

• Anonymous bookmarks— are allowed in unlimited numbers so you can mark any line, which you think is worth returning to at some time in the future. They are indicated by the following icon on the left code viewer gutter:

  You can toggle bookmarks of this kind and navigate them from the bookmarks popup.

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Note that bookmark icons on the left gutter do not react on mouse clicks. To operate on bookmarks, use the corresponding shortcuts or menu commands.

Add a bookmark with mnemonic

1. Place the caret at the code line you want to mark.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Press Ctrl+Shift+.

   • Toggle the bookmark using a popup:

     Press Ctrl0` or choose Navigate | Bookmarks | Bookmarks… from the main menu . The Bookmarks popup will appear where you see which digits are free and which are occupied:

     

     Select the desired digit in the list and press Insert.

3. If the digit that you chose is occupied by another bookmark, this existing bookmark will be removed and replaced by the new one.

Add an anonymous bookmark

1. Place the caret at the code line you want to mark.

2. Press Ctrl0` or choose Navigate | Bookmarks | Bookmarks… from the main menu . Alternatively, you can press CtrlShift0A, start typing the command name in the popup, and then choose it there.

3. In this popup, either click New anonymous bookmark, or select this item and press Insert or Enter.

Navigate bookmarks

• To navigate to a numbered bookmark, press Ctrl+

• To navigate to any of the existing bookmarks, use the Bookmarks popup.

  Press Ctrl0` or choose Navigate | Bookmarks | Bookmarks… from the main menu .

  Click a bookmark or select this bookmark and press Enter to open the marked code in the editor.

Remove bookmarks

• To remove all bookmarks in the currently opened document, choose Navigate | Bookmarks | Clear All Bookmarks in Document in the main menu.

• To remove all bookmarks in the currently loaded assemblies, choose Navigate | Bookmarks | Clear All Bookmarks in the main menu.

• To remove a bookmark with mnemonic, press the corresponding Ctrl+Shift+[digi] shortcut when the caret is at the line marked with this bookmark.

• Press Ctrl0` or choose Navigate | Bookmarks | Bookmarks… from the main menu . In the bookmarks popup, choose a bookmark that you want to remove and press Delete.

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