Navigate to containing declaration

Last modified: 23 September 2024

When your caret is anywhere in the body of a type or a function, you can jump to the declaration of that type or function with a single shortcut.

Go to containing declaration

  1. Place the caret anywhere in the body of a type or a function.

  2. Press .

  3. JetBrains Rider will place the caret to the declaration of the type or function.

  4. If the type or function is declared within another type, you can repeat step two to navigate to the declaration of the containing type.

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Containing declarations can be always kept in view with sticky lines.

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JetBrains Rider provides a related feature — Select Containing Declaration ( ) , and you can also use / to jump to the opening/closing brace of the enclosing code block .

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