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Go To Definition (F12) in SQL Server Management Studio does nothing

Cedric Altermatt 20 Reputation points
2023-09-07T08:10:53.6566667+00:00

Dear all,

I am using SQL Server Management Studio 19 (fresh install) locally on my Windows 10 machine with my admin SQL user.

Now I am trying to click on a table definition in my SQL query and press F12 (Go to definition default keymap) and it does nothing. No warning, no error, no visual clue. I tried to remap it to other F-Keys and also to other keymaps, such as CTRL-SHIFT-G and same behaviour.

My colleague who uses the same machine and configuration exported their setting which I imported. While it works for them, it does still nothing for me.

I am very frustrated and do not understand the issue.

Can someone help?

Thank you and kind regards.

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  1. Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points
    2023-09-07T09:16:25.7933333+00:00

    "Go to definition" is a functionallity in SSDT = "SQL Server Data Tools" in a database project; it's not available in SSMS.

    Your colleague is simply using a different tool.

    See SQL Server Data Tools

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  1. Cedric Altermatt 20 Reputation points
    2023-09-07T09:35:23.5633333+00:00

    @Olaf Helper @Viorel

    You are both right. My colleague uses the dbForge SQL Complete Professional Plugin which implements this functionality.

    Thank you very much for your help!

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