Class View and Object Browser Icons

Visual Studio

Class View and the Object Browser display icons that represent code entities, for example, namespaces, classes, functions, and variables. The following table illustrates and describes the icons.

Icon	Description	Icon	Description
	Namespace		Method or Function
	Class		Operator
	Interface		Property
	Structure		Field or Variable
	Union		Event
	Enum		Constant
	TypeDef		Enum Item
	Module		Map Item
	Intrinsic		External Declaration
	Delegate		Macro
	Exception		Template
	Map		Unknown or Error
	Global		Type Forwarding
	Extension Method

Signal Icons

The following signal icons apply to all the previous icons and indicate their accessibility.

Note:
If your project is included in a source control database, additional signal icons may be displayed to indicate source-control status, such as checked in or checked out.

Icon	Description
<No Signal Icon>	Public. Accessible from anywhere in this component and from any component that references it.
	Protected. Accessible from the containing class or type, or those derived from the containing class or type.
	Private. Accessible only in the containing class or type.
	Internal. Accessible only from this component.
	Friend. Accessible only from the project.
	Shortcut. A shortcut to the object.
	JDK Class

Reference

Class View

Object Browser

Viewing Classes and Their Members

Browsing Code and Components