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Is there a way to force the Find and Replace dialog boxes, in visual studio, to auto select Current Document in the Look in drop down? It should do this only on reopening the dialog. I regularly forget to switch back from entire solution or project and end up wasting a lot of time waiting for VS to search everything including designer files! I'm hoping for a registry hack or something.
I'm sure this is a major annoyance for others too. Any tips on this would be greatly appreciated!
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You can find and replace text in the Visual Studio editor by using Find and Replace (Ctrl+F or Ctrl+H) or Find/Replace in Files (Ctrl+Shift+F or Ctrl+Shift+H). You can also find and replace only some instances of a pattern by using multi-caret selection.
On the Edit menu, expand Find and Replace. Choose Replace in Files. If the Find and Replace window is already open, on the toolbar, choose Replace in Files.
The new experience is available by searching for “Find in Files” or “Replace in Files” in Visual Studio search (Ctrl+Q by default). You can also get to these commands with Ctrl+Shift+F and Ctrl+Shift+H respectively.
Visual Studio retains separate settings for dialogs shown using Ctrl+F and Ctrl+Shift+F shortcuts, though dialogs themselves are identical. So when I want to search in current document, I hit Ctrl+F. When I want to search in Project/Solution/directory, I hit Ctrl+Shift+F and then choose where I want to search.
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