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dima
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Israel
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 Posted - Feb 14 2018 : 08:55:41 AM
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Sometimes when I'm deep within a function scope I need to jump to the function signature.
Due to writing low-level, I have a lot of C free functions that have very long code blocks (including, for instance, a very large switch statement) and it's often useful for me to jump up to the function start / function end (cleanup tag) to touch or view things there.
I believe some IDE's have this functionality by default, but VS does not. I remember ResharperC++ featuring it, and I'm finding myself missing it.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Feb 14 2018 : 10:11:34 AM
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The easiest method is probably to show VA Outline - https://support.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W187
Assuming you have "Auto Update" in the context menu of VA Outline turned On, VA Outline will track which function you are currently in, and highlight the current function in Bold. If you make a bookmark on the current line (to easily return to it) you can use Double Click on the bold function in VA Outline to jump to the first line of the function, the function declaration.
To get to the end of the function from the start of the function, place the caret into the opening curly brace and press Ctrl+], which is mapped to the IDE command "Edit.GotoBrace" by default.
I also find VA's Move Scope commands very helpful in files like this - https://support.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W198
Since once you are at the level of the function declaration, the next and previous scope is the next and previous function in the file, which lets you move up and down the code file one function at a time, regardless of how long or short the functions are. |
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dima
New Member
Israel
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Posted - Feb 15 2018 : 04:29:40 AM
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Thanks for the reply.
Using the mouse to operate the VA outline, or manually re-positioning the caret for Edit.GotoBrace to work, misses the point of using keyboard shortcuts.
However, the Move Scope command fits my need exactly! I wasn't aware of it, and for some reason the command wasn't bound to anything. I bound it to the suggested key combination and I'm a happy camper.
I really think it's under promoted, as I did some searching on the site before writing here.
Thank for the help!
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Feb 15 2018 : 11:14:40 AM
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In the older IDE's the command is bound by default, but in VS2017, and maybe VS2015 (I would have to check) the keyboard shortcuts are already mapped to moving the current line up and down the file, so VA does not replace the existing IDE key mappings.
It is a very "small" feature, but I have always felt a very powerful one when paired with other ways of moving around in your code. To be fair, it does have buttons on the Context and Definition field, which is normally at the top of the editor, if you know to look for them. As soon as you have quite a few features, some are going to get less promotion than others, and this isn't a feature that grabs people's attention, not until they find themselves using it anyway  |
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Jump to Function Signature / End
