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How can I find a control looking at windows designer in visual studio 2012?

I have very old code with a lot of controls. On code behind I can find the name of the control. Now I would like easily by it's name find the placement of it on designer view in Visual Studio (or other tool). Is there any possibility to do it?

No list on mine VS:
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truthseeker Avatar asked Jul 03 '13 14:07

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Use the document outline pane (Ctrl + Alt + T) which will include searching a little in the document tree, or the ComboBox in the top of properties pane, which is sorted alphabetically.

Screenshot of ComboBox of properties window, closed and opened

Screenshot of ComboBox of properties window, closed and opened

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Basuro Avatar answered Oct 22 '22 09:10

Basuro