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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx</link><description>A few months ago when Bill Gates was on the Daily Show , Jon Stewart asked him a particularly insightful software question: "So...what does the F12 button do? Does it do anything? Is it a joke button". To which Bill replied jokingly - "I'd stay away from</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#3085949</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:01:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3085949</guid><dc:creator>evarlast</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks tons for this!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I use F12 a lot, but I typically use ctrl-minus to go to last position. I did not know about ctrl-shift-7 and 8. I'll have to try those out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think F12 and ctrl-minus are two HUGE productivity keystrokes for developers.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#3092994</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:05:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3092994</guid><dc:creator>jstangroome</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Been using F12 for a long time in Visual Studio but was disappointed after installing the highly recommended ReSharper that it hijacks F12 for it's own, less useful, purposes. One step forward, two steps back.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Community Convergence XXVIII</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#3431578</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:39:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3431578</guid><dc:creator>Charlie Calvert's Community Blog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the XXVIII Community Convergence. In these posts I try to wrap up events that have occurred&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#8340557</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:01:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8340557</guid><dc:creator>Juan</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Does not work for me, I get the error &amp;quot;cannot navigate to&amp;quot; any ideas&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#8869353</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:40:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8869353</guid><dc:creator>haha_254</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It does not work for me. Nothing happen when I try Ctrl-shift-7 or -8&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#9000693</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:23:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9000693</guid><dc:creator>Abhijit</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the tip on how to &amp;quot;go back&amp;quot; from an F12.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#9257231</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:52:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9257231</guid><dc:creator>xyzq</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I prefer Borland style like Go to Definition by Ctrl + Left button click. Its pretty practical to use.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It could be implemented in VS too, i miss it. &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#9441977</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:44:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9441977</guid><dc:creator>Action Lyrics</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to make it skip the metadata and go straight to the code?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#9448450</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:04:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9448450</guid><dc:creator>sudhakar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Does not work for me, I get the error &amp;quot;cannot navigate to&amp;quot; any ideas&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#9514415</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:24:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9514415</guid><dc:creator>Ken Jett</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;vb.net 2008&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;f12: go to definition&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ctrl+shft+f12 returns to prior location&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#9575434</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:46:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9575434</guid><dc:creator>xhanness</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;VS sucks - compare it to Eclipse - that is the best IDE&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: F12 - Go To Definition</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/lukeh/archive/2007/06/04/f12-go-to-definition.aspx#9584520</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 14:23:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9584520</guid><dc:creator>Interface Mirror</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;A Bunch of thanks for F12. I searched a lot for it in VS.NET itself ut finally I got it from your post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you again.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>