The jump bar is an interactive, hierarchical mechanism for quickly navigating to files and other items, such as properties and methods in your source code. The jump bar appears at the top of each editor area pane, such as while editing source code or an interface in the standard editor or assistant editor.
Show a recently viewed file: Click the Related Items icon (
) and choose Recent Files > [Filename] from the pop-up menu.
Clear the list of recently viewed files: Click the Related Items icon () and choose Recent Files > Clear Menu from the pop-up menu.
Increase or decrease the number of recently viewed files displayed: Click the Related Items icon () and choose Recent Files > Number of Recent Files > [Number] from the pop-up menu.
Show a counterpart file, such as the interface file for an implementation file: Click the Related Items icon () and choose Counterparts > [Filename] from the pop-up menu.
Show a file related to the current context: Click the Related Items icon () and choose a file from the pop-up menu.
Step forward or backward through your viewing history: Click the Previous button (
) or Next button (
) on the left side of the bar. Click and hold a button to display a pop-up menu containing the complete viewing history. Choose an item to jump to it.
Navigate to a file: Click a hierarchical path segment to display a pop-up menu of files at that level of the hierarchy. Choose a file to jump to it.
Navigate to a symbol: Click the final path segment to display a pop-up menu of symbols, such as properties and methods, in the current file. Choose a symbol to jump to it. Hold down the Option key when clicking this segment to sort the pop-up menu items alphabetically.
Step through issues: Click the Previous button () or Next button () on the right side of the bar. Click the icon between the buttons to display the current issue. These buttons are only visible when there are problems.
Tip: The View > Standard Editor menu includes menu items for showing related items, previous files history, next files history, top level items, group files, and document items in the jump bar. Use the keyboard shortcuts for these menu items to navigate through your project using the keyboard.