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Markers

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Markers are navigation waypoints that remember important locations you’ll need to move to in the future. Markers can be of the following types:

  • Soft Marker - is dropped automatically by Code Providers. For instance, if you use the Declare Field With Initializer code provider, a marker will be dropped onto the method parameter for which the field was generated.

    Soft Marker

  • Hard Marker - is dropped manually onto the current cursor position.

    Hard Marker

  • Selection Marker - is dropped manually onto the current selection.

    Selection Marker

  • Invisible Marker - is dropped onto the current reference when you tab to the next reference or use Quick Navigation. This marker is not displayed in the code editor.

Markers provide the following features:

Feature Shortcut Description
Collect Marker ESC Moves the caret to the topmost marker within the stack, and removes this marker.
Drop Marker ALT+HOME Drops a marker at the current cursor position.
Swap Marker SHIFT+ALT+HOME Moves the topmost marker within the stack to the current cursor position, and moves the cursor to the previous position of the marker.
Collect Marker and Paste SHIFT+ESC Moves the caret to the topmost marker within the stack, removes this marker and pastes the contents of the clipboard to the new caret position.
Select Marker SHIFT+ALT+PAGE UP Selects the code section from the current cursor position to the topmost marker within the stack.