Menu
In Visual Studio is there a "Search Everywhere" shortcut (like Resharpers "Search Everywhere")?
I'd prefer to not install Resharper for this, but how can a search everywhere be done in Visual Studio?
832
Visual Studio 17.2 Preview 3 introduces a brand-new All-In-One search experience that merges the existing VS Search (Ctrl + Q) and Go To (Ctrl + T) to allow you to search both your code and Visual Studio features quicker and easier than ever, all in the same place.
Find in Files (Ctrl+Shift+F): A more robust option, Find in Files is better for searching entire projects or solutions. Unlike Quick Find, Find in Files can list search results in the Find Results window and has additional options to specify which file extensions to search.
The command executed by Visual Studio search is Window. QuickLaunch and you may see this feature referred to as quick search or quick launch. Unlike other search features such as Find in Files or Search Solution Explorer, search in Visual Studio results include IDE features, menu options, file names, and more.
I use the Navigate To (Edit-GotoAll in VS) command which is CTRL - , (comma) or CTRL - T which can search for types/files and other info based on the name.
See Visual Studio Tip #3: Use “Navigate To”
Otherwise a more limited and historical way of searching all is CTRL-F which is find all that they based Navigate To on.
The best kept secret is to search using casing. It is done by typing in just the capitals of the class you search. Example typing "RFC" would then find the constructor of the class which had that pascal casing of RolandsFirstClass(); quite handy.
Note if you are here about the "Navigate To" feature (actually Edit.GotoAll) and CTRL, (Comma) or CTRLT is not working, I have a visual answer to set/fix the keystrokes here:
Fix Navigate To Missing KeyMappings
Visual Studio (Go to All) - How to ignore bin and obj folders
164
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
