Synchronize Class View

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LMcCoy — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:29:53 GMT

WOW! This ability to customize context menus is very useful. I use them extensively in the code window and the solution explorer, and didn't know it was so easy to add my own commands. I've long wanted a context menu to make a source code file writable to make quick changes without checking the file out.

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Joku — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:33:08 GMT

I do not use it currently, however in a future where files would not be utilized in the manner of class.cs or such and one class could contain multiple languages along with good editor support for that, I would be willing to move from the current file/directory oriented view to a view based more on assemblies and types/classes perhaps. One xml based file could contain multiple source languages and represent one assembly for instance.

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NigelN — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:23:06 GMT

Thank you!!!

I was about to throw my keyboard through the window - I use Synchronize Class View a lot when browsing a large body of new code. What made it more frustrating was that the documentation still insists the command is there.

The cusomization mechanism is neat once you find it - I feel in control again.

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Jeroen — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:47:29 GMT

This is nice... but I cannot get it to work for projects in solution folders... Any ideas?

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Phillip from Russia — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:09:12 GMT

I was disappointed. But now i am glade to see this menu item again.

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Andeezle — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:17:08 GMT

Dude, I love you. ;-))

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hhowe — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:43:26 GMT

Jeroen, I can't get the View.SynchronizeClassView to work with solution folders either. It doesn't seem to matter whether I invoke the command via a shortcut or from the command window. The command works if I promote a nested project from the solution folder up to the root solution. Guess I will give up on solution folders for now. /SHRUG

ResponseYou're both right. I've filed a bug that this isn't working with solution folders.

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Bodo — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:48:19 GMT

Hi Anson, I just found this page through Google. Awesome. The lack of "synchronize class view" has kept me from switching to VS2005. That and the split class view. On a small monitor (i.e. Laptop) I find the split class view nearly unusable. If you have any influence on this, please please please bring the merged class view from VS2003 back as a configurable option.

ResponseI'll forward this feedback to the folks responsible for Class View in the next version of Visual Studio. I doubt it'll be something that can be uniformly reverted, since there are bound to be people that have exactly the opposite opinion (it's too hard to navigate when it's got only a single pane). It's possibly a place that deserves a configuration option.

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Drakkhen — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:26:36 GMT

I cannot understand how people cannot use the classview intensively when navigating through any code whether simple or complex. It is the only place where you see in one glance everything about a class.

Not being able to synchronize was a real pain for me and your post is going to save me a lot of pain!

thanks!!!

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Alex — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:37:14 GMT

Great! This is very helpful reminder because I keep forgetting this from one VS2005 reinstallation to another :) Thanks!

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Kevin Baroni — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:16:01 GMT

Thank you very much Anson. This was excellent information and your instructions were easy to follow. I heavily use and rely on the ClassView. I work on large projects that have large collections of classes and source files. Having a macro-view of the class makes it so much easier to find what I'm looking for since people rarely if ever take the time to manually alphabetize the location of their functions.

Again Thanks Much !!!

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David Pritchard — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:05:52 GMT

I second that. I HATE the split class view. I can't see how it's any kind of gain. The bottom part of the view occupies space all the time, mostly to no purpose. And then, when you've managed to find the class you want, in your reduced class view area, you have to scroll in that tiny bottom part to find the method you want. I believe this kind of UI problem is addressed by a neat innovation known as the TREE VIEW.

BTW, I have a 21" monitor, and it's still terribly uncomfortable to work with. It's clearly a massive productivity hit.

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Nathan — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:05:56 GMT

"Class View used to provide a set of ‘Add’ commands for adding new methods and classes. Did you use those? Do you miss them in 2005?"

yeah, I miss them! are they gone, or just removed from the menu by default. I tried adding them back with the technique described above, but it didn't seem to work (the menu items were greyed out).

is this yet another regression we have to trade for all the "improvements"?

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Nick — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:37:15 GMT

Fantastic. You've saved my life as well. Thanks.

If only there was an equivalent Synchronise Solution Explorer option!!

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Bob — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:21:05 GMT

very helpful for guys come from IntelliJ

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Patrik — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:07:14 GMT

It would be useful if the class view would be permanently synchronized, i.e. if you change the file in the editor window, the correct class should be highlighted.

Patrik

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SandroG — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:56:57 GMT

Hi Anson,

fortunately I found your link on Google: recently I changed the PC and didn't remind how to configure this option on VS2005. Thanks!

I use Class view sometimes, but would like to use it more often.

For me, it would be great if there were a way to synchronize the Class View with the Code Editor: when writing code I like to think about classes and methods, not about files (like in Solution Explorer). And also I want to see different views of my class, for example only the public interface. The "split view" is very usefull for this purpose.

Instead of the "Track Item in Solution Explorer" option, I will find more usefull a new option: "Track Item in Class View".

Look at Eclipse IDE for Java, for example.

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Val — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:22:47 GMT

Excellent, NOW I'm going to use the class view again.

Many thanks to the author for sharing. This should be at least a configuration tickbox!

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Val — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:26:40 GMT

you're a lifesaver!

When switching between eclipse and VS this was severely lacking

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Gerlei Márton blogja az Architektúra Fórumon — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:20:22 GMT

Én ritkán, olyannyira - elöljáróban, VS 2005-ről van szó, némi VS 2003-ra emlékezéssel -, hogy most jutottam

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TommyJamaica — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:18:43 GMT

class view is very useful. I use it for visualizing and navigating. All major java ide's can synchronize to class view automatically as you move through your code. It would be nice if Visual Studio didn't make you go through a context menu. A keyboard shortcut would be better and automatic would be best. Does anyone know how to configure VS to do that?

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mihhon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:09:02 GMT

will be great to show inner classes in class members view

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Marcel Sorger — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:52:57 GMT

Finaly the class view gets usefull again.

Without sync it's a pain in a large project.

thanks 1000*

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David — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:48:08 GMT

Class view on KDevelop works soooo much better. Why dont you guys steal that IDE's design.

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Kevin Baroni — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:41:31 GMT

Thank you AnsonH, thank you, and did I mention THANK YOU?

Although this is a beautiful nugget of information and the MSDN site is full of them...it would be nice if the MS engineers would simply add this back to the VS code popup menus rather then making us developers lose valuable time in scouring MSDN for useful features we had previously grown quite accustomed to using.

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David Pritchard — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:45:06 GMT

The split class view seems appallingly bone-headed. Surely, the genius of the tree view (introduced in Windows 3.0, I believe) is that it allows you to dynamically allocate screen real estate to different groups of elements by opening and closing branches. The split view takes away that flexibility, and forces you to keep moving the splitter up and down, depending on whether you want to see methods or classes. Surely, this is exactly the problem that the tree view was designed to solve?

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