VS 2012 Scroll Solution Explorer to current file

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VS2010 had the feature that viewing a file would automatically cause Solution Explorer to scroll to that file   With VS2012  viewing different files from within the IDE no longer scrolls and select the file in Solution Explorer automatically   Is it possible to get this feature back  Is there a setting somewhere  If so  how where

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There are many ways to do this    Go to current File once    Visual Studio 2013  VS 13 has it s own shortcut to do this  Ctrl    S  Press Ctrl      Release both keys  Press the S key   You can edit this default shortcut  if you are searching for SolutionExplorer SyncWithActiveDocument in your Keyboard Settings  Tools- Options- Enviornment- Keyboard   In addition there is also a new icon in the Solution Explorer  more about this here    Visual Studio 2012  If you use VS 2012  there is a great plugin to add this new functionality from VS2013 to VS2012    The default shortcut is strg   alt       I think this one is the best  as navigating to the solution explorer is mapped to strg       Resharper  If you use Resharper try Shift Alt L  This is a nice mapping as you can use Strg Alt L for navigating to the solution explorer   Track current file all the time    Visual Studio    2012   If you like to track your current file in the solution explorer all the time  you can use the solution from the accepted answer  Tools- Options- Projects and Solutions- Track Active Item in Solution Explorer   but I think this can get very annoying in large projects

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It is possible in VSS by three ways    You can click on Active sync icon on Solution Explorer       By selecting Active sync checkbox in Tools  Tools   Options   Projects and Solutions   General   In that check the Track Active Item in Solution Explorer Checkbox  When you select a file in the main window  it will automatically navigate to active file in the Explorer       By using the Shortcut key  Ctrl       S   you can able to navigate to active Item    Note  Either 1 or 2 only works in a mean time   So You have to use either 1st or 2nd

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On Visual Studio 2017  the shortcut is  Ctrl    S

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If you don t have ReSharper installed and still want to use the shortcut Shift Alt L to move focus to the current file in Solution Explorer in Visual Studio 2013 then please follow these steps    Go to Tools- Options and search for  Keyboard  in the Search Options textbox       In the Show commands containing box type  solutionexplorer  and then in the list below look for the SyncWithActiveDocument command   Click in textbox under  Press short keys  label and press  Shift Alt L and click the Assign button and you are done     To verify open any file in Visual Studio and press the shortcut keys Shift Alt L and you ll see the file in the solution explorer  Enjoy

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I ve found the Sync with Active Document button in the solution explorer to be the the most effective   this may be a vs2013 feature

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Yes  you can find that under      Tools -   Options -   Projects and Solutions -   Track Active Item in Solution Explorer     It s off by default  as you ve noticed   but once it s on  Solution Explorer will expand folders and highlight the current document as you switch between files

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If you have ReSharper installed clicking Shift Alt L will move focus to the current file in Solution Explorer   Active Item Tracking will also need to be enabled as described in the accepted answer     Tools- Options- Projects and Solutions- Track Active Item in Solution Explorer

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If you need one-off sync with the solution pane  then there is new command  Sync with Active Document   default shortcut  Ctrl    S   Explained here  Visual Studio 2012 New Features  Solution Explorer

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