C/C++ Software Development with Eclipse

1.9. Jumping to declaration/definition

C Language is strong typed language. Elements have a declaration and definition. Just press:

  • F3
  • Ctrl + Click
  • Navigate ‣ Open Declaration

Eclipse will take to the declaration/definition of the element.

Jumping to the declaration of a function

Just as we can quickly open a file, we can also jump to any definition quickly. Ctrl + Shift + T / Navigate ‣ Open Element

Search for list of types

As shown in the image, there are options to filter the type of element.

Note

This feature heavily depends on Indexing

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