Searchable Navbar is a Visual Studio extension that replaces the standard navigation bar with a searchable navigation bar. It uses Universal Ctags to generate the function tags, so any language supported by Universal Ctags is also supported by this extension.
How to set up
After installing the extension, an additional navigation bar will be available at the top part of the active document. You can assign a shortcut to open the navigation bar and start searching by going to Tools >> Options >> Environment >> Keyboard, the command name is SearchableNavbar.Open.
Optionally, you can disable the default Visual Studio navigation bar from Tools >> Options >> Text Editor >> (Language) >> Navigation Bar.
For more options right click the navigation bar or go to Tools >> Options >> Searchable Navbar.
Changelog
Version 1.20 (13/11/2024)
Added the ctags language map to the options page, mapping CUDA (.cu, .cuh) and OpenCL (.cl, .clcpp) to C++ by default.
Version 1.19 (13/12/2023)
Added the official ctags executable to the package that doesn't need the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013
Version 1.18 (23/10/2023)
Optimized the navbar to be more responsive
Fixed issue where an empty navbar would still remain visible
Fixed issue with the icons not using the proper color based on the current theme
Added options to toggle the inclusion of scope or signature into the search
Version 1.17 (22/10/2023)
Added options pages and a contextual menu
Added more tag types that can be displayed for C/C++ and C#
Version 1.16 (10/10/2023)
Added support for ignorable file extensions
Version 1.15 (17/09/2023)
Added support for ignorable macros in C/C++ and added all the Unreal Engine macros to the list by default
Version 1.14 (29/08/2023)
Added support for multiple visible documents
Version 1.13 (04/06/2023)
The search bar will now remain hidden if there's nothing to display
Added the parameter list to be both displayed and searchable
The document is reparsed if it's saved through Visual Studio after being previously modified
If the initial parsing fails, a reparse can be initiated by executing the command to display the search bar
Version 1.12 (31/05/2023)
Hotfix for lots of redundant processes being created and slowing down Visual Studio
Version 1.11 (27/05/2023)
Calling ctags in a separate process for better stability
Added support for all languages that are supported by Universal Ctags
Added a different style to the scope
License
Searchable Navbar is licensed under the MIT License.
Support
If you encounter a bug or want to suggest a feature, please open an issue in the GitHub repository.
Acknowledgements
This project has benefited from the use of the following open-source projects:
