There are keyboard shortcuts for navigating up and down the goto definition navigation stack that are absolutely indispensable for this reason (in JetBrains IDEs at least, though I’m sure in other IDE/editors too). Their demo gif is exactly how I would visualize my thought process using this navigation, which is pretty neat! It’s so painful watching people global-search by function name to navigate back to where they just were once you lock this functionality in to your workflow (aaaa you can get there instantly and exactly!)
I definitely would not be able to live without my C-o's and gd's. Making the research process persistent is the next step forward IMO. We want the machine to extend your mental context.
