Visual Studio Tricks

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

#80 Stop a “Find in Files” Search

Wednesday, June 02 2010

Press the keyboard chord [ALT]+[F3],[S] (bound to Edit.StopSearch) to stop a background search, also known as a Find in Files. You can also press the Stops a background Find toolbar button on the Find Results window.

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This worked fine in my test with VS2008, but isn’t working on my tests with VS2010. If/When I find an answer I'll update the post and the video with my findings.

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