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This ones been bugging me for ages.

Back in the olden days when we hunted our own food and used DataSets, you could snap to a particular table in a DataSet by selecting what you want from a drop down list at the top.

If I have a big ol' Linq2Sql DBML file with lots of tables in it, it becomes a nightmare to navigate around. Is there a way to jump to a particular table?

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  • Does this answer your question? [Find (search for) table in DBML designer quickly?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4920014/find-search-for-table-in-dbml-designer-quickly) – Drag and Drop Oct 30 '19 at 13:08

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If you have your "Properties" View turned on, theres a DropDown at the top that you can select your DBML Entities from, and the canvas should snap focus to the particular entity when you select it

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    Absolutely spankingly brilliant – joshcomley May 27 '09 at 15:50
  • I agree... this is absolutely wonderful! Been struggling with this for ages! – mallows98 Nov 26 '09 at 21:18
  • Logged in just to vote this answer up . It was a nightmare for me with a dbml of 150 tables. Thanks. – Azho KG Jun 26 '10 at 12:31
  • Wish I could have found this a while ago - I was always wondering how people got around in the beast that is a DBML - and now I know and can apply that method to save myself time! – The Mirage Nov 04 '10 at 19:45
  • open dbml properties; select target table from drop-down; click on designer tab to give focus; use cursor arrow keys to move the selected target so that it can be discerned against the rest of the mess – david.barkhuizen Dec 08 '14 at 08:27
  • Thank you so much for the tip. I can't wait to tell my colleague who says this is not possible! – Michael12345 Jun 02 '15 at 03:23