How do I “go to definition” for the indexer `this[]` in Visual Studio

Question

I work with a codebase where several classes implement an indexer:

public double this[int i, int j]
{
    get { return ...; }
    set { ...; }
}

When I stumble over code like foo[1,2] = 3 in visual Studio 2008, I frequently want to
right-click / "go to definition", i.e. show the above definition in the visual studio editor window.

For normal properties or methods this works without problems:
foo.bar = 3, right-click / "go to definition" takes me to the source code for foo.bar.
For overloaded + or == this works as well.
However with the indexer this does not seem to work. Is there any way to accomplish this?

(I cannot even search for the string "this[" in the appropriate source file, since the same syntax may be used throughout the class to access the indexer. I always have to scroll trough all the methods and properties in the dropdown list for this file)

Answer 1

This doesn't really help with 2008 of course, but in 2010 and 2012 they have "fixed" this with the Navigate To command (ctrl+, in the C# keyboard layout). Where you can enter "this" to show a list of indexers in the current solution where you can double-click the one you want to navigate to.

+1 for Resharper which seems to work fine with pressing F12 when you caret is within an indexer usage.

Answer 2

You can install Resharper who give you this functionality, Tool Box productivity don't give this functionality

Answer 3

Your best bet will probably be to go to the definition of foo and see what that class is indexing.