F12 - Go to Implementation of Interface

Question

When not running an application, pressing F12 (Go To Definition) on a method on an interface type will take you to the interface itself.

Is there any key combo that exists (or one that I can make) that will allow me to provide a default implementation to jump to, or allow me to quickly pick an implementation to go to?

We have several layers in our application, and it would save a lot of time to be able to jump straight to the Mock or Real implementations rather than navigating to them in source control.

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2015 - Update 1

Added Edit.GoToImplementation which appeared in the context menu, but there was no keyboard shortcut associated with it by default.

Visual Studio 2015 - Update 2

Added a default shortcut of Ctrl + F12

Answer 2

If using VS 2015 and above:

See answer below:

Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 added Edit.GoToImplementation which appeared in the context menu, but there was no keyboard shortcut associated with it by default.

In Visual Studio Update 2, we added a default shortcut of Ctrl+F12.

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If using VS 2013 and below:

We had the same problem and started using Resharper. It has a nice Goto Implementation feature, which was working very well, as I remember.

The problem is that this tool is not free though (which is of course justified, as it offers much, much more than the mentioned feature).

Without this, I use Find All References and identify the implementation quickly by looking at the path (we have interfaces, implementations and mocks nicely segregated). But you've probably identified this possibility by yourself.

Also, you may consider an option mentioned in this answer (although it's for interface methods, not implementations):

• move the cursor over the method
• type CTRL+K CTRL+T to open the Call Hierarchy window
• move down to Implements node
• type Return to go to the selected implementation