ReSharper: find derived types constructor usages points

Question

I have some base class ControlBase and many derived classes which also have derived classes... ControlBase and derived classes have parameterless constructor. How can I easily find all derived classes constructor invocation points? ReSharper find usages on ControlBase constructor shows only usages of this base class constructor but not derived classes constructors.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can achieve this by using the structural search feature in Resharper 5.

Go to Resharper/Find/Search with Pattern in the menu. Then enter the following pattern in the textbox on the left:

new $type$($args$)

The words enclosed by the Dollar signs are placeholders which have to be specified. You can do this by clicking on "Add Placeholder".

In your example you need a Type placeholder (name=type, Type=ControlBase, check "Or derived type") and an Argument placeholder (name=args).