Visual Studio Code Definition Window

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长时间使用Eclipse，让我对Eclipse的好感日渐增加，甚至已经超越曾经对Visual Stuido 2005的好感。现在又再次使用Visual Studio 2008，发现还是有不少地方不太习惯，其中最明显的是快捷键。觉得Eclipse的快捷键更加合理，可能是使用的时间长了。而VS的快捷键怎么总是那么复杂——很多需要两次按键，譬如Ctrl+R, M。可能是VS的快捷键太多了，所以用这种方法来避免重复吧。还有一个明显的感觉不适应就是Eclipse有一个Declaration View，选中Editor中的一个方法名就可以看到相应的定义，对于看代码来说这个功能还是相当好的。在VS里面也有个类似的View：Code Definition View。不过开始怎么试用都不行。后来发现，VS不是选中方法名，而是 用鼠标点击一下方法名。具体的介绍从网上找到一篇文章：

Code Definition Window

Not enough people know about the code definition window in Visual Studio 2005. I see them trying to understand code by getting editor tips on the classes and functions they see in use:

A reasonably clever trick is to use Ctrl+Shift+Space to get parameter tips for the function:

But the tips are transient, they go away when you use your mouse and try to do some work. So most people fall back on good old Go To Definition:

Sure, this isn't transient, but it leaves you sitting in another file and needing to flip back and forth from file to file when you're just trying to understand what a particular function call does. What I like to use in this case is the code definition window. It's on the view menu:

And here's what it gives you:

It also works to show you the code for a function you're calling. Once it's open, just click on the thing you want to see in the code definition window:

Once you get in the habit of just glancing down to the bottom of the screen to get a little more information, you'll wonder how you ever did without it.

Kate

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