SlickEdit User Guide

BOOKMARKS
that are not in the current workspace. To enable workspace bookmarks, set the Use workspace
bookmarks option to True (Tools > Options > Editing > Search).
Pushed Bookmarks
Pushed bookmarks are used to set temporary “breadcrumbs” as you move throughout your code. For
example, you may have multiple spots in your code that you want to examine. You can push a bookmark
(drop a breadcrumb) at each location, one right after the other. When you’re done examining the code and
pushing bookmarks, you can backtrack to where you first started by popping the bookmarks (picking up
the breadcrumbs).
Pushed bookmarks are stored on the bookmark stack, which is simply an internal list of pushed
bookmarks. When you push a bookmark, the current line is placed on top of the bookmark stack. Popping
a bookmark removes the top bookmark from the stack, and navigates the cursor to the location of the
previous bookmark.
Pushed bookmarks are deleted when you close SlickEdit®.
See the following sections for more information:
• Pushing and Popping Bookmarks
• Viewing Pushed Bookmarks
• Pushed Bookmark Options
Pushing and Popping Bookmarks
To push a bookmark for the current line, placing it on top of the bookmark stack, use one of the following
methods:
• From the main menu, click Search > Push Bookmark (or use the push_bookmark command).
• Use the Go to Definition or Go to Reference feature: Press Ctrl+Dot (bound to the push_tag
command) to move the cursor from a symbol to its definition, or Ctrl+/ (bound to the push_ref
command) to navigate from a symbol to its reference, pushing a bookmark in the process. See
Symbol Navigation for more information.
To pop a bookmark, from the main menu, click Search > Pop Bookmark, press Ctrl+Comma, or use the
pop_bookmark command. The top bookmark on the stack is removed and the cursor jumps to the
location of the previous bookmark.
To pop all pushed bookmarks at once, use the pop_all_bookmarks command.
TIP When you use the Go to Bookmark dialog to jump to a named bookmark (see Navigating Named
Bookmarks), SlickEdit pushes a bookmark in the process. This way you can quickly go back to your
previous location.
Viewing Pushed Bookmarks
In most use cases, you will never need to see pushed bookmark locations or a list of pushed bookmarks,
because they are intended to act as temporary “breadcrumbs” as you explore your way through code.
However, there are two ways to see visual representations of pushed bookmarks:
• Enable the visual indicator - SlickEdit® can display a blue bitmap in the left margin of editor
windows at the location of each pushed bookmark. To enable display of the indicator, set the
Show pushed bookmarks option to True (Tools > Options > Editing > Search).
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