Is there a shortcut to move between header and source file in VC++?

Question

This is a feature I have grown accustomed to in Eclipse (Ctrl+Tab). Is there an equivalent in Visual C++?

Answer 1

If you position your mouse over a function declaration in the header and press F12, the cpp file will be opened at the definition of the cpp file... I use this feature extensively!

Answer 2

Try Visual Assist, which sports this very feature (amongst others):

http://www.wholetomato.com/

The code browsing functionality -- of which the header/cpp swap is one part -- are really good.

(I also really rated its intellisense and refactoring features, but not everybody I've spoken to has agreed with me.)

EDIT: just remembered, the Nifty Solution Plugin also does this -- plus another handly Visual Assist-like thing, though nothing else -- and they're free:

http://code.google.com/p/niftyplugins/

(The guy's perforce plugin is great, too. Much better than the default VSSCC rubbish.)

Answer 3

There's also a macro listed on the Whole Tomato support forum which has a few more file mappings.

Answer 4

In Visual Studio 2008 it's Alt + O.

Answer 5

Visual assist also does not support Visual studio express editions. So you are stuck with the macro if you are using that IDE>

Answer 6

In Visual Studio 2013 it's ALT + O