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Previously using Visual Studio 2013, I would use the awesome extension from Noah Richards which would add Ctrl-Click as a shortcut for Go To Definition, but he hasnt updated the extension to be compatible with VS2015. And as far as I know, VS2015 doesnt provide any way to have this functionality by default.

Mikepote
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Install Productivity Power Tools 2015.

Marco Lackovic
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    Productivity Power Tools 2015's default configuration is for Ctrl-click to Peek Definition. If you want it to Go To Definition instead, go to Tools > Options > Productivity Power Tools > Other Extensions, and uncheck Ctrl Click shows definitions in Peek – rakslice Apr 18 '17 at 01:21
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So here's how I fixed this.

  1. First download Noah Richard's extension from: https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/4b286b9c-4dd5-416b-b143-e31d36dc622b

  2. Save the .vsix file somewhere on your computer

  3. Open the file with Winzip / Winrar or similar (it's just a disguised .zip file so you could change the extension to .zip)
  4. Open the extension.vsixmanifest file in a text editor
  5. Add the following lines inside the <SupportedProducts>...</SupportedProducts> section:

<VisualStudio Version="14.0"> <Edition>Pro</Edition> </VisualStudio>

  1. Update the zip file with the modified file and change it back to a .vsix file.
  2. Double click the .vsix and install.
Mikepote
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  • I tried to install it using these instructions-http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25906944/visual-studio-does-not-install-vsix-files. Got an error that version is not supported. Looked at extension.vsixmanifest. It mentions only Pro versions of visual studio. I have 2012 express. What do I add to the manifest file to make it work ? – MasterJoe Sep 28 '16 at 21:50
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    @testerjoe2 I'm guessing you can just use `Express` or something similar. You can also open another .vsix file to see what entries they have. – Mikepote Oct 18 '16 at 08:17
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    It's been updated (Nov 2015) since this answer, and now claims to work with VS2015 without modification. – sparrowt Jul 13 '17 at 07:31
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You can try the Microsoft ctrl+click go to definition extension tool

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    For the link you provided, they made a note which I think is necessary for us to know **Note: This extension is only supported up to Visual Studio 2017.......** . – Young Emil Apr 25 '19 at 11:08