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Users can perform many of these functions by right-clicking on a node in the Solution Explorer to access the context menu. When applicable, users can open items listed in the solution explorer Solution Explorer in their default editors by double-clicking on the item. The following sections detail describe the different actions available via the context menus, followed by a brief discussion on using the contextual list found at the bottom of the Solution Explorer.

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Note: Many of the nodes contain the following shared items in the context menu:

  • Solution Explorer navigation items (same as found in the Solution Explorer toolbar)
  • Team sharing items (further discussed in the Team Providers section).
  • Compare with (allows comparison of two files)
  • Restore from Local History

The latter two items are addressed in

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the Script Editor chapter. 

The rest of this chapter lists the functions available when using the Solution Explorer, namely:

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More importantly, the Resources node allows users to manage the following key items for the project.

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{*}Note: *Each of these the following items are described in greater detail in their own pages under the Working with Resource Projects chapter.

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Users and groups can be edited either by double-clicking on the node or accessing Edit users/groups from the context menu.

Managing i18n

The i18n node context menu allows you to edit i18n messages and if needed, define/create a database table for i18n. It also allows you to create from and write to the assigned i18n database. For more information on i18n, please visit the i18n documentation.

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  • Delete a solution
  • Rename a solution
  • Change/reassign a resources project to a selected solution
  • Add/remove a solution as a module in the currently active solution. When added as a module, the solution is then accessible via the Modules branch in the active solution (see chapter on +Working with Modules+).

Viewing the Currently Active Solution

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The lower portion of Solution Explorer shows contents of items selected in the tree view. Most often, it is used to view lists of code resources--methodsresources—methods, functions, variables, and relations--and relations—and in addition, media. Users can hover over an item in the contextual list to view additional information, if available. Users can also move code from the list into an open script editor (see the Script Editor chapter for details).