I am writing a Visual Studio extension and I want to implement the Ctrl + Click command for my own file type. This is similar to the C#/C++ editor whereby Ctrl + clicking on a type name will take user to the definition of that type (aka. Go To Definition command.)
Is there any sample on how to achieve this? I searched on Microsoft Docs website but I couldn't find anything that I want.
asked Mar 24, 2021 at 18:56
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Forgot to say that I also want to make the text under cursor become a hyperlink when user presses Ctrl and mouse over the text.superkinhluan– superkinhluan2021年03月24日 18:57:28 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2021 at 18:57
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Ctrl+Click Go To Definition example from VS Productivity Power Tools may get you started.
Description https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioPlatformTeam.CtrlClickGoToDefinition
Source code https://github.com/microsoft/VS-PPT/tree/master/src/GoToDef
answered Mar 25, 2021 at 5:23
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superkinhluan
Thanks. That's very helpful. I read the source code and I understand that it invokes the built-in GoToDef command to handle the actual opening of the target file. For my extension, it's not a programming language, so I can't invoke the GoToDef command. I have to open the file manually, using VsShellUtility.OpenDocument() function. Do you know how I can navigate to a particular line number within the target file?
Sergey Vlasov
@superkinhluan EnvDTE.TextSelection ts = dte.ActiveDocument.Selection as EnvDTE.TextSelection; ts.MoveToLineAndOffset(...);
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