Find Symbol in Solution

(Note: This feature was previously called Find Symbol in Workspace.) Visual Assist X provides two new methods to reach implementations of symbols defined in your solution. A dropdown in the VA View and a new dialog give you fast and efficient access. Use the mouse or keyboard to navigate either method.



Type a few letters and only those symbols containing the letters are listed.



Open a dialog with a toolbar button or shortcut key and see the same list of symbols with their definitions.



Double Click a symbol to jump to its implementation.

Controlling the Dropdown

Type or paste into the dropdown field to find symbols whose names contain the content of your clipboard.



Hover over entries in the dropdown to see definitions and file locations.

Controlling the Dialog

When you filter the list in the dialog, symbols whose names begin with the letters you type are listed first. Symbols whose names contain your substring are listed next. Type unusual or unique substrings to locate symbols quickly.



Type multiple strings to list all symbols whose names contains all of your strings.



Prefix a string with a minus to omit from the list all symbols with the string.



Toggle the checkbox in the dialog to restrict the list to those symbols defined in the current solution. If unchecked, the list includes system symbols.



Symbols are sorted alphabetically by name. You cannot click the column headers to change the sort order.

Miscellaneous

You cannot use the Symbols in Solution dropdown or Find Symbol dialog to find references to symbols. You can find only definitions and implementations.

Symbols defined more than once, particuarly in C/C++, and overloaded methods correctly appear multiple times in the dropdown and dialog.