Hierarchy window

Refresh

Updates window content to reflect any changes made in the code or externally.

Base on This

A selected type becomes the root of the hierarchy tree and the tree is rebuilt accordingly. The new base type is highlighted with bold.

Expand All/Collapse All

Expands/collapses all nodes in the current tab.

Previous/Next

Shift+F8 / F8

Navigate to the previous/next item and scrolls through the source code accordingly.

Show Members

Hides or shows the preview pane in the position specified using the list (at the bottom or in the right part of the window).

Export

Click this button to export the data currently displayed in the window in text format , or use the drop-down selector to export the data in an XML or HTML format. The Export Data dialog that appears will help you save the data to a file or copy it to the clipboard .

Class Hierarchy

This tree shows all subtypes and supertypes of the center type. The center type can be located anywhere in the tree, not necessarily at the root. You can select a different center type using the Base on This button , and the tree will be rebuilt accordingly.

Subtypes Hierarchy

This tree shows all subtypes of the center type. The center type is positioned at the root of the tree.

Supertypes Hierarchy

This tree shows all supertypes of the center type in ascending order (each child node is the supertype of its parent). The center type is positioned at the root of the tree.

Implementation Hierarchy

This tree shows all descendants of the center type.

Interface Leaves

In this mode, the hierarchy only shows derived interfaces that have classes as inheritors, and hides all intermediate interfaces that have other interfaces as inheritors.

Show Elements From This Solution

Hides symbols from external libraries.

Show on Diagram

Click this button to display all the types shown in the window in the type dependencies diagram view.

Referenced Projects

Click this button to display all project and assemblies referenced by the current project.

Referencing Projects

Click this button to display all project that reference the current project. The hierarchy is shown in ascending order (each child node is the project that reference its parent). The current project is positioned at the root of the tree.

Group by

Allows grouping items in the window by different categories.

All Instance Members (preview pane)

Displays all instance members in the preview pane.

Only Polymorphic Members (preview pane)

Restricts the preview pane to displaying only polymorphic members of the selected hierarchy node.

Refresh

Updates window content to reflect any changes made in the code or externally.

Undo

Click this button to revert the changes in the view (adding and removing items) step by step.

Redo

Click this button to revert the last Undo operation.

Export to PNG

Click this button to save the visible part of the diagram as a PNG image file.

Filter Dependencies

With this drop-list, you can select what kinds of dependencies should be displayed between types on the diagram.

Undo

Click this button to revert the changes in the view (adding and removing items) step by step.

Redo

Click this button to revert the last Undo operation.

Export to PNG

Click this button to save the visible part of the diagram as a PNG image file.