class name and method name dropdown list is missing (visual studio setting)

Question

Does anyone know how to get my class name and method name dropdown lists again? It's the dropdown lists that are usually above the code. It's just a setting but i can't seem to find it. I don't want to reset my setting btw. I shouldn't have to.

Solution 1

Tools-->Options... Text Editor-->All Languages Check "Navigation Bar."

(Picture is from VS2013)

Solution 2

Tools - Options - Text Editor - (choose the type of file - C#, html, etc) - General

In the bottom section of the form (The "Display" area) make sure that "Navigation Bar" is checked.

Solution 3

Actually there is a bug in VS2013, where if you place VS on the monitor on the left side, and this is not your primary monitor, then the dropdowns will not work.

Solution 4

I came here searching for a solution for javascript/node.js specifically (in VS 2013). Only by doing further search I found out that this feature has been removed (from RC) due to stability/performance reasoning and is not available anymore.

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/806325/javascript-navigation-bars-are-missing-after-upgrading-from-vs2013-pro-rc-to-rtm

Also, I did not see this added again through either node tools or web essentials.

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Comments

[mikus]

haha, yeap, exactly, I spent like 10min in a new VS installation to find how to disable it :D such a waste of vertical space...

[gitsitgo]

This bug seems to have been fixed with Visual Studio Update 3.

[Doug Null]

Fixes bug in Visual Basic 2015 on Azure VM.

[Bernhard Döbler]

Was checked under "All Languages" had to check in "Basic" to make it appear.

[Luca]

Also VS2015 has the same bug.

[htm11h]

Spent 10 minutes in new VS install trying to enable this. Best short functionality in VS!!!

[robnick]

This is still a "feature" in VS2019. If the class and method dropdowns are missing, toggle the Navigation Bar setting on/off/on and it should re-appear.