The Links view ( icon
in the Web perspective) shows the files in your projects, the
links between them and the characteristics of those links. This view helps
you distinguish between different types of links, shows you the number of
links to target files and indicates where documents have broken links or links
to external files.
The Links view is like the Project Explorer view in that you can open files by double-clicking on the file icons it displays. Similarly, the Project Explorer view shows you a file system hierarchical view of your project and the Links view shows you the hierarchical relationship of your files, based on the links between them.
When files contain links to other files, they can be described as having parent-child relationships. When a file is in focus in the Links view, you can see the hierarchical relationships between it and the files to which it links. You can look at the parents (the files to the left) that contain links to the file in focus and the children (the files to the right) that are the targets of the links.
The icon indicates that the link
is to a cascading stylesheet.
The or
icons indicate that the link is to
a graphic. Links to graphics are sometimes referred to as an embedded links
because they are rendered as part of the same HTTP request (appear on the
same page).
The icon indicates that the link is one of a number of industry
standard link types. The
icon indicates that the link is to a mailing address.
Links to file types that are not recognized are represented by the
icon.
Related tasks
Refreshing the Links view
Viewing and navigating links
Fixing broken links using the Fixup link references wizard
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