I'm working on a middle-sized project that contains several class libraries, database model and an ASP .NET MVC website project. However, even though there are less than 15 projects in the solution, I often find myself collapsing and expanding endless folders to find a certain class or view.
While looking for class is mostly solved by Resharper type navigation feature, I often want to switch to a certain view in MVC project. I don't remember the file name and it wouldn't solve the problem either because there are many views with same file name (e.g. Message\ViewSingle.cshtml
, Product\ViewSingle.cshtml
).
What I'd rather want is an ability to “favorite” certain files, projects or folders so they are displayed on a separate Solution Explorer-like window for quick access.
Is there such an extension available (for free)?
@samy pointed out that Sergey Vlasov's Favorite Documents extension allows for quick access via the menubar, I usually tend to hide it and would prefer a dockable window solution so I'm still looking. I wrote Sergey to find out if he plans to work on this functionality.
I just received a letter from Sergey in which he points me to Favorite Documents 1.1 got a dedicated window. Therefore I accept samy's answer.
Find in Files allows you to search a specified set of files. The matches Visual Studio finds are listed in the Find Results window in the IDE. How the results appear depends on the options you choose on the Find in Files tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.
To open the Manage Extensions dialog, choose Extensions > Manage Extensions. Or, type Extensions in the search box and choose Manage Extensions. The pane on the left categorizes extensions by those that are installed, those available on Visual Studio Marketplace (Online), and those that have updates available.
In the Visual Studio IDE, you can use the Extension Manager (Extensions > Manage Extensions) to browse and install extensions, which automatically filters version-supported extensions. In a browser, you can filter to Visual Studio 2022-supported extensions via the “Version field in the image below.
You're in luck, this Favorite Documents extension is just out. I found it via the Morning Brew.
Favorite Documents by Sergey Vlasov
The free Favorite Documents extension lets you create links to frequently used code files and then quickly open them as a group or individually from the Favorites menu in Visual Studio 2010
After being contacted about this thread, Sergey rolled out version 1.1 with several improvements and a dedicated window (as requested in question).
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