Inspecting Objects

Visual Studio 2015 implements several improvements to the Solution Explorer from earlier versions that directly improve your ability to find and interact with objects within a solution. For instance, although the top-level hierarchies shown within the Solution Explorer are based on physical files (for example, solution files that reference project files that reference C# code files), you can also drill down directly into object definitions.

Note

A quick historical note: for those of you who have been using Visual Studio throughout the years, you may have noticed that—starting with Visual Studio 2012—the Solution Explorer window changed significantly over prior versions. The Solution Explorer window in Visual Studio 2012 is ...

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