Find All References To Child Method

Question

I want to find all calls to DateTime.ToString references in my assembly. In Visual Studio you can "Find All References" by right clicking on ToString; however, that returns all references to ToString for all classes and not just DateTime.

A regular search for DateTime.ToString won't work because of the following example:

DateTime myDate = new DateTime();
myDate.ToString();

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You should use ReSharper for that.

Steps:

1. Download and install ReSharper (trial version will work for you)
2. Open your project/solution in Visual Studio
3. Find usage of ToString(), like myDate.ToString();
4. Right click on ToString token
5. Select Find Usages Advanced ... menu item
6. Tick the appropriate boxes in window as on screenshot below and click Find
7. PROFIT

Answer 2

In VS2015 when you try to Find References for override method, you have them grouped by type in
Results like this: Find Symbol Results

Answer 3

In Visual Studio 2019, right-click on the desired method name, and then click "View Call Hierarchy." A "Call Hierarchy" window appears at the bottom (by default) of Visual Studio. In the left pane, you'll see a tree representation of the projects that call the method. Within each project, the first item is "Calls To [MethodName]." Expand this first item for a list of methods. Clicking each method will change the right pane of the "Call Hierarchy" window to show the lines where the method is called. Double-click these lines to go to them and address them individually.