Navigate To Sources from Symbol Files

This command tries to fetch the original source file of a library symbol and display the symbol there.

The command becomes available when you invoke Navigate To on a library symbol in your source code and on decompiled sources. You can invoke this command from the Solution Explorer, from the Structure window and other tool windows.

It may take some time while JetBrains Rider downloads the required files from the symbol server; in this case, you will see the download progress.

To successfully execute this command, PDB information should be available for the target assembly. JetBrains Rider uses two approaches to search for the PDB:

• It searches for PDB locally, in the same directory where the target assembly is located.

• If it fails to find the PDB there, it looks it up on a symbol server using the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable.

  Some companies publish parts of their sources using symbol servers (source servers). For example, Microsoft uses this technology to provide access to the source code of the .NET Framework. If the symbol server for the target PDB is available, this command can access sources stored that way.

To make JetBrains Rider aware of available symbol servers, you need to specify them in the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable. JetBrains Rider will look for symbol files and download them from the specified locations.

If the source symbols are hosted on a private source server, JetBrains Rider will fetch them using private Source Link and ask for the connection credentials if necessary.

If you use private Source Link, make sure that the Enable private Source Link support on the Tools | External Symbols page of JetBrains Rider settings Ctrl+Alt+S.