Definition and type definition

1. Place the caret at the symbol and press CtrlShift0I or select View | Quick Definition from the main menu.

   

2. To jump to the definition of the symbol, press F4. Alternatively, click and select Edit Source from the list.

   

3. If there are several definitions of a symbol, select the relevant one from the list. Use the and icons on the toolbar to move to the previous or to the next definition.

   

   Alternatively, click and select Open in Find Tool window from the list to browse the usages in the Find tool window. For more information, refer to Finding usages of a symbol in a project.

   

• With the Ctrl key pressed, hover over the symbol. WebStorm displays the symbol as a link and shows its definition in a tooltip.

  

• To jump to the definition of the symbol, click the link.

With WebStorm, you can quickly view the type that defines a variable, a field, a methods, or any other symbols in a popup without switching from the code you are editing. For an instance of a class, this will reveal the class itself instead of where this instance is defined.

• Place the caret at the symbol for which you want to view the type definition and select View | Quick Type Definition.

  

  tip

  WebStorm has no default keyboard shortcut for this action, but you can manually configure it as described in Adding keyboard shortcuts.