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Navigating to a Node or File by Name

Last modified: 07 March 2024

Overview

Navigate commands enable you to quickly jump to the desired files or nodes specified by names. MPS suggests a look-up list of matching names, from which you can select the desired one, and open it in the editor. This navigation honors CamelCase and snake_case capitalization. For more information about detailed list of available techniques, refer to tips.

Navigating by name

To jump to a node or a file with the specified name

  1. In the main menu, point to Navigate, and then choose Node, or File respectively, or use the following shortcuts:

    • Node: Ctrl0N

    • File: CtrlShift0N

  2. In the popup, start typing the desired name.

    So doing, you can enter characters located anywhere inside the desired name. As you type, the suggestion list shrinks, displaying the matching names only.

    • Fi le:

      mp_goto_file.png

    • Root Node:

      mp_goto_node.png

  3. Click the desired entry in the suggestion list, or select it using the arrow keys, and press Enter.

Tips and tricks

While working in the navigation popup, use the following helpful techniques:

  • Narrow down the search scope by selecting the file types to search in. Just click the filter Filter, and clear the checkboxes next to the file types you are not interested in.

  • Include non-project files in the look-up list and thus make available matching files from SDKs and libraries.

  • If the look-up list is too long, type more characters to shrink it, or click the ellipsis sign at the end of the list, to reveal its next portion.

  • Type the initial letters of the CamelHumps names, for example:

    gotoFileCamelCaseNoShift.png

    Note that MPS automatically recognizes CamelHumps and matches them to the lower case letters.

  • Type any letters separated with spaces for snake_case names, for example:

    gotoFileSnakeCase.png

  • In the navigation to file popup, type letters delimited with slashes to denote nested directories:

    gotoFileNestedDirectory.png

  • Type line number after a file name, delimited with a colon, to navigate to the specified line:

  • Use * wildcard to represent any number of characters, though it is quite enough to type characters located in the middle of the desired name.

  • If while typing in one of the Navigate to Class/File/Symbol popups you notice that you need another one, just invoke the necessary dialog. The text you have already entered will not disappear.

  • Press AltF1 to invoke the Select Target popup, and choose the desired IDE component.

  • Note that for the projects under version control, the entries in the look-up list are color coded according to their status:

    gotoFileVCS.png

  • When there is a detached editor frame with a certain file, you can opt to open this file in the main MPS frame by pressing Enter, or activate the detached frame by pressing ShiftEnter.