How to locate a file in Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2010?

Question

I have a huge solution with multiple projects. Sometime I need to navigate to a file in Solution Explorer. Using the VS 2010 \'Navigate To\

Answer 1

For Visual Studio 2017 using a French AZERTY keyboard the command is the same as stated by Aaron Carlson but the keyboard shortcut is different.

The AZERTY keyboard shortcut to navigate to the active file for c# is Ctrl+),Ctrl+S

I checked the shortcut hadn't changed for QWERTY users in VS2017 on this page http://visualstudioshortcuts.com/2017/

Answer 2

There's an option to track the active (open and viewed) item in the solution explorer. If the file is in view, the file in the solution explorer will be selected.

Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->Track Active Item in Solution Explorer

Answer 3

If you have ReSharper and want to add "Locate in Solution Explorer" to the tab's context menu:

1. Go to Tools -> Customize -> Commands -> Context Menu
2. Select "Other Context Menus | Easy MDI Document Window".
3. Click "Add Command".
4. Choose "Resharper" -> "ReSharper_LocateInSolutionOrAssemblyExplorer" (in VS2019, the category name was changed to "Extensions")
5. "OK" -> "Close"

Now, when right click on any tab and you'll see a new option: Locate in Solution Explorer.

UPDATE:

Following the comment from @jeremy-paskali, you can set a keyboard shortcut for this command:

1. Go to Tools -> Customize -> "Keyboard..."
2. Search for "ReSharper.ReSharper_LocateInSolutionOrAssemblyExplorer" in the "Show commands containing" field and select it.
3. Review the currently assigned shortcuts in the drop down below.
4. Make any changes, if needed.
5. "OK" -> "Close"

Answer 4

This is actually built in to visual studio without the need for ReSharper (which I love BTW).

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainnab/archive/2010/03/29/track-active-item-in-solution-explorer-vstipproj0011.aspx

Answer 5

VS2012 added a new command called SolutionExplorer.SyncWithActiveDocument. The default shortcut for c# is Ctrl+[,S

This command will navigate to the active file in the Solution Explorer.

Also, it seems that you need to have the "Track Active Item in Solution Explorer" option turned off.

Answer 6

In the event you want to only track the current file through a keyboard shortcut - the activity is "View.TrackActivityinSolutionExplorer" (assign keys here -> Tools - Options - Environment - Keyboard)

Credit (James' comment)

This worked for me