Using the Bookmark Stack

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The bookmark stack is a method of navigating through your source code, moving in a pre-defined path.

Note: This documentation is for the stack bookmarks, for the toggle bookmarks, see Using Bookmarks.

The bookmark stack is a keyboard-only feature that allows you to add stack bookmarks to your code in a pile order, you can then navigate back through your bookmarks moving always to the last bookmark of the pile, therefore to the last bookmark that was placed.

The functionalities of the bookmark stack are:

Description	Shortcut	Notes
Drop a stack bookmark	CTRL+K & CTRL+G	Sets a stack bookmark in the current cursor location.
Pick up a stack bookmark	CTRL+Q & CTRL+G	Moves the cursor to the last stack bookmark and removes the bookmark.
Swap a stack bookmark	CTRL+ALT+Q & CTRL+ALT+G	Swaps the last bookmark placed and the cursor location.

Dropping Bookmarks

1. Place the cursor in the position where you want to drop a bookmark.
2. Press the CTRL+K & CTRL+G keyboard shortcut.

   The mark is placed in the position of the cursor.

Picking up Bookmarks

1. Place the cursor anywhere in the Code Editor.
2. Press the CTRL+Q & CTRL+G keyboard shortcut.

   The Code Editor moves the cursor to the location of the most recent bookmark dropped, and removes such bookmark.

Swapping Bookmarks

1. Place the cursor anywhere in the Code Editor.
2. Press the CTRL+ALT+Q & CTRL+ALT+G keyboard shortcut.

   The Code Editor swaps the current cursor location with the most recent bookmark:

   • A bookmark is dropped at the current cursor location.
   • The Code Editor moves the cursor to the location of the most recent bookmark that was dropped, and removes such bookmark.

See Also

• Using Bookmarks
• Bookmarks (Code Editor)