We first released Sticky Scroll in 17.5 Preview 2<\/a> and it\u2019s now moving into the latest 17.6 release! Since our last update, we\u2019ve added a new option to stick inner scopes so you can easily track the scopes that are closer to what you\u2019re working on.<\/p>\n Let us know what you think of Sticky Scroll in Visual Studio on this feedback ticket.<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019ve heard feedback about how sticking outer scopes isn\u2019t helpful. Oftentimes, the namespace and class name match the file name. It can feel wasteful to give up two lines of vertical space for info that is often obvious. Instead, it\u2019d be more useful if lines that are likely to be different are shown instead.<\/p>\n In Options, you can configure whether outer or inner scopes are prioritized with “When number of scopes exceeds the maximum”.<\/p>\n \u201cPrefer outer scopes\u201d is set by default, which shows the higher-level scopes that come from the top of the file. The new option \u201cPrefer inner scopes\u201d shows lower-level scopes by pushing out higher-level scopes as you scroll through deeply nested code.<\/p>\n \u201cPrefer outer scopes\u201d shows top-level scopes: \u201cPrefer inner scopes\u201d shows lower-level scopes:<\/p>\n Enable it in\u00a0Tools > Options > Text Editor > General > Sticky Scroll<\/em>\u00a0by toggling the checkbox for \u201cGroup the current scopes within a scrollable region of the editor window.\u201d But if you need to quickly turn it off, you can right-click on the Sticky Scroll area and click \u201cSticky Scroll\u201d.<\/p>\n Let us know what you think of Sticky Scroll in Visual Studio on this feedback ticket<\/a> and report any issues<\/a> you face so we can improve the experience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Update:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Sticky Scroll requires Block Structure Guides to be enabled for some languages (e.g., C#). If Sticky Scroll is not working, try enabling the following options in Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Advanced.<\/p>\n When coding in a long file, it\u2019s easy to lose track of the method or block you\u2019re writing in. Or when scrolling through an unfamiliar codebase, it can become disorienting where you are in the code. Sticky Scroll can help you stay in the right context by sticking helpful scopes, including namespaces, classes, methods, loop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105708,"featured_media":255385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[6879,526],"class_list":["post-242918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-studio","tag-editor","tag-productivity"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":" When coding in a long file, it\u2019s easy to lose track of the method or block you\u2019re writing in. Or when scrolling through an unfamiliar codebase, it can become disorienting where you are in the code. Sticky Scroll can help you stay in the right context by sticking helpful scopes, including namespaces, classes, methods, loop […]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}New: Choose between outer or inner scopes<\/h2>\n
![\"Tools](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sticky-scroll-scopes.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Outer](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sticky-scroll-outer-scopes.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Inner](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/sticky-scroll-inner-scopes.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\nTry Sticky Scroll in Visual Studio 2022 17.6<\/h2>\n
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\n Option<\/strong><\/td>\n Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Show guides for declaration level constructs<\/td>\n Affects namespaces, classes, method initializations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Show guides for code level constructs<\/td>\n Affects conditionals, loops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"