Visual Studio Tricks


Visual Studio (2005,2008,2010) Tips and Tricks.


#70 Ctrl+F3 Auto Search Currently Selected String

Just select some text (or just have the cursor on the word you wish to search for) and press [CTRL]+[F3][CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[F3] will do a reverse search to find previous.

Note that a [CTRL]+[F3] search uses the following options: 

  • Is case sensitive
  • Searches hidden text
  • Allows for partial matching
  • Does not use regular expressions

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#70 Ctrl+F3 Auto Search Currently Selected String

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