In this post, let’s take a look at Go To<\/em> functionality.<\/p>\n As an example project, let’s take a look at Irrlicht Engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Go To<\/strong><\/p>\n The feature in Visual Assist that I probably use most often is\u00c2\u00a0Go To<\/em>. In short, it is an improvement for a very well-known tool from Visual Studio –\u00c2\u00a0Go to definition\/declaration<\/em>. But, we all know how this works (or actually doesn’t work) in VS. Sometimes you have to wait for a response from VS, or simply you cannot go\u00c2\u00a0anywhere.<\/p>\n With Visual Assist, you get a really nice, working version of the tool: just press Alt+G<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(the default keyboard shortcut), select where you want to go, and Visual Assist\u00c2\u00a0will go to\u00c2\u00a0it immediately!<\/p>\n Alt+G<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0is especially useful when:<\/p>\n Go To Example<\/strong><\/p>\n I am in IParticleEmitter.h and I see the\u00c2\u00a0 I can use Go To<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0and get the following result:<\/p>\n Of course, Visual Assist sees that a method can have multiple polymorphic implementations. Go To<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0allows one to select the desired implementation and jump into it. In the list, you can move via arrow keys, mouse, or assigned numbers\/letters.<\/p>\n Now, I am in the implementation of this method: What is this When I want to return (to the interface that I was looking at initially), I can do it in\u00c2\u00a0several ways:<\/p>\n Tip: Additionally, Alt+G<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0works in other situations; for instance, press Alt+G<\/em> when the caret is in a line with the Go To Related<\/strong><\/p>\n Visual Assist goes\u00c2\u00a0even further than\u00c2\u00a0Go To<\/em> with the implementation of another commend –\u00c2\u00a0Go To Related<\/em>. If you use Shift+Alt+G<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0instead of Alt+G<\/em>, you will see a much more advanced version of Go To<\/em>. For instance:<\/p>\n\n
class IParticleEmitter<\/code> interface declaration. There is an interesting method called emitt(...)<\/code>\u00c2\u00a0— how is it implemented?<\/p>\n![\"goto_iparticleemit\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/goto_iparticleemit.png?resize=660%2C122&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/p>\nCParticleBoxEmitter::emitt.<\/code>\u00c2\u00a0There is some code:<\/p>\nif (MaxAngleDegrees)\r\n{\r\n core::vector3df tgt = Direction;\r\n tgt.rotateXYBy(os::Randomizer::frand() * MaxAngleDegrees);\r\n tgt.rotateYZBy(os::Randomizer::frand() * MaxAngleDegrees);\r\n tgt.rotateXZBy(os::Randomizer::frand() * MaxAngleDegrees);\r\n p.vector = tgt;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nMaxAngleDegrees<\/code>? Is it a static constant or a class member? I can hover my mouse over it and get some basic information, but via Go To<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0, I can go to the place where it is defined so I can see some more context.<\/p>\n\n
#include \"#xyz\"<\/code> statement. You will simply move to the header!<\/p>\n
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