Search in VS Code for multiple terms

Question

Suppose I search on VS Code the terms 'word1 word2'. Then it finds all the occurrences where 'word1' is followed by 'word2'. In reality I want to find all the files where word1 and word2 occur, but they don't have to be consecutive. How can I do it?

Answer 1

Use regex flag and search for (word1[\s\S\n]*word2)|(word2[\s\S\n]*word1)

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Made a small extension based on @tonix regex:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=usernamehw.search

Answer 2

Here is also a simple way for simple needs - use this as regex

(word1)|(word2)|(word3)  

It may not cover some cases, but has been working fine for me, and easy to remember to type it in.

Answer 3

VSCode has an open issue to support multiple searches. You may want to get on there and push them a little.