The Browser window (Figure 7.2) gives you a class-based view of the information in the browser database. The window has several panes displaying lists of information.

You can open Browser window using several techniques:

• Choose Class Browser from the Window Menu.
• Use the Browser Contextual Menu in the Contents View when classes or functions are displayed.
• Double-click a class name in a Multi-Class Hierarchy Window
• Double-click a class name in a Single-Class Hierarchy Window

The Classes pane, Member Functions pane, and Data Members pane are lists of their respective data. Clicking within a particular pane makes it the active pane. You can also use the Tab key to rotate through all the panes (except for the Source pane).

Using the Tab key can be mildly hazardous to your source code. If the Source pane is active and you press the Tab key, you enter a tab into your source code. Once you are in the Source pane, you cannot press the Tab key to get out of it.

Use the mouse to select a different pane.

Use the mouse or press Option-Tab to move to a different pane. A focus outline surrounds the active pane.

You can click an item in any list to select it, or navigate through the items in the active list by typing or using the arrow keys. You can also select items by typing their names. The selection changes to most closely match the characters you type.

Use the Control-Tab key combination to cycle through list items alphabetically.

The items in this window include:

• Browser toolbar
• Browser Access Filters pop-up menu
• Pane zoom box
• Resize bar
• Classes pane
• List button
• Classes Pane button
• Class Declaration button
• Member Functions pane
• Data Members pane
• Identifier icon
• Source pane
• Open File icon
• VCS pop-up menu
• Status area

The toolbar provides easy single-click access to many CodeWarrior commands. The buttons that are displayed in the Browser window's toolbar are listed in Table 7.2.

Button	Description
	Go Back
	Go Forward
	Show Browser Contents window
	Show Multi-Class Hierarchy window
	Show Single-Class Hierarchy window

The Browser Access Filters pop-up menu controls the display of member functions and data members in the Browser view. The pop-up menu's commands "filter" the display according to public, private, and protected access types. A mark is displayed next to each enabled filter. The available choices in the pop-up menu are described in Table 7.3.

The first three choices represent shortcuts to multiple filters. For example, instead of using the Browser Access Filters pop-up menu three times in succession to enable public, private, and protected filters, choose View as implementor to enable all three filters simultaneously.

After you enable a particular filter, the access icons change in the bottom-right corner of the Browser window. Darkened icons, as shown in Table 7.3, indicate enabled filters. Grayed-out icons represent disabled filters.

Command	Access Icon	Show items with
View as implementor		public, private, and protected access
View as subclass		public and protected access
View as user		public access
Show public		public access
Show protected		protected access
Show private		private access

The pane zoom box enlarges and shrinks panes in the browser.

Click this box to enlarge a pane to fill the Browser window.

Click this box to shrink a pane to its original size.

A resize bar is located between each pair of panes, as illustrated in Figure 7.2. To resize two panes, drag the resize bar located between them.

The Classes pane lists all the classes in the browser database.

You can view the list alphabetically or by class hierarchy. Toggle the view by clicking the List button at the top right of the pane, as shown in Figure 7.2.

In the Hierarchy view, hierarchy expansion triangles are displayed next to class names that have subclasses, as shown in Figure 7.3. Click the expansion triangle to show or hide subclasses.

When you select a class in the Classes pane, the Multi-Class Hierarchy Window selection changes too. The Hierarchy view scrolls to the newly selected class if necessary.

The List button at the top right of the Classes pane controls the listing of classes. You can toggle between an alphabetical list or a hierarchical list.

Click this button to switch to an alphabetical list.

Click this button to switch to a hierarchical list.

The Classes Pane button at the bottom left of the Browser window controls the display of the Classes pane.

Click this button to hide the Classes pane (Figure 7.6).

Click this button to display the Classes pane (Figure 7.2).

The Class Declaration button at the bottom left of the Browser window lets you access the declaration of the current class.

Click this button to show the declaration of the current class in the Source pane. The Status area of the Browser window shows the name of the current class.

The Member Functions pane lists all member functions defined in the selected class. Constructors and destructors are at the top of the list. After that, all other entries are listed in alphabetical order.

You can also display inherited member functions by enabling the Show Inherited checkbox in the toolbar. The Inherited access icon in the Browser window () darkens to indicate that inherited member functions are currently displayed.

The Data Members pane lists all data members defined in the selected class. You can also display inherited data members by enabling the Show Inherited checkbox in the toolbar. The Inherited access icon in the Browser window () darkens to indicate that inherited data members are currently displayed.

The entries in the Data Members pane are listed in alphabetical order. If inherited members are displayed, data members are listed by superclass, but alphabetically within each class.

A routine or data member can have an identifier icon beside its name. The following table describes the icons.

Icon	Meaning	The member is
	static	a static member
	virtual	a virtual function that you can override, or an override of an inherited function
	pure virtual   or abstract	a member function that you must override in a subclass if you want to create instances of that subclass

The Source pane displays the source code for the selected item. If the item is a class, the pane shows the class declaration. If the item is a routine, the pane shows the routine definition. If the selected item is a data member, the pane shows the data member declaration from the interface file.

The text in the Source pane is fully editable. The path to the file that contains the code on display is shown at the top of the Source pane.

The Open File icon is located at the top of the Source pane. Click this icon to open the file that contains the code displayed in the Source pane. The source code is displayed in a new editor window.

This pop-up menu lets you use revision control with the source file you are viewing. To learn more about how to use this feature, refer to the discussion in "Common VCS Operations".

The status area displays various status messages and other information. For example, when you select a class from the Classes pane, the status area displays the base class(es) for the selected class.