Outline view

The Outline view gives you a language-based structural view of your C/C++ source code.

The Outline view shows the following elements in the source file in the order in which they occur:

• C or C++ file
• Class
• Namespace
• Include
• Enum
• Enumerator
• Field
• Field private
• Field protected
• Field public
• Include
• Method private
• Method protected
• Method public Struct
• Type definition
• Union
• Variable

You can also sort the list alphabetically. When you select an element in the Outline view, the C/C++ editor highlights both the selected item and the marker bar (left margin). For example, to jump to the start of main() in the C/C++ editor, click main() in the Outline view.

For more information on the marker bar, see Workbench User Guide > Reference > User interface information > Views and editors > Editor area.

You can filter the Outline view by choosing to display or hide the following items:

• Fields
• Static members
• Non-public members

You can select an element in the Outline view, and do the following:

• Open the C/C++ Search dialog box. The Search string box is populated and the element type is selected.
• Complete a text-based search, of a workspace or a specified working set for the selected element.
• Open a selected .h file in the editor.

For more information on:

• The Eclipse workspace, see Workbench User Guide > Tasks > Upgrading Eclipse
• Working sets, see Workbench User Guide > Concepts > Working sets

Comments
Content Assist and code completion
C/C++ search
Open Declarations
 

Displaying C/C++ file components in the C/C++ Projects view
Searching for C/C++ elements

Outline view