Go To Dialog Box (Explorer)

  • Article

Moves the cursor to a specified location in a file.

Dialog Box Access

To display the Go To dialog box, press ALT+G in:

  • Differences window (any type)

  • Report window

  • SourceSafe editor

  • Enter
    Specifies the locations to which you can go in the file.
  • Go To
    Goes to the specified location.

  • Go to what
    Specifies the type of item to go to. Possible options are:

    Option Description

    Bookmark

    Moves the cursor to the next bookmark.

    Conflict

    Moves the cursor to the next conflict, if one exists.

    Difference

    Moves the cursor to the next difference, if one exists.

    Line

    Moves the cursor to the specified line number.

    Offset

    Specifies the number of bytes from the beginning of the file. You might want to use this option if you are receiving an error during loading after a certain byte, or if you have a file with a fixed byte length and need to find a specific byte in the file.
  • Previous
    Goes to the previous item of the type specified in the Go to what field.

See Also

Other Resources

Visual SourceSafe User Interface Reference