Ever user [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[F] and find too many results? Narrow your search scope, OR ... search within the results. Didn't know you could do that did you? This video shows you how. … [Continue reading]
#79 Use F8 to Navigate the Find Results window
May 31, 2010 by
You've probably noticed that doing a Find in Files returns all the hits in a Find Results tool window. Did you know, you can use [F8] (with focus either in the Find Results window or in the editor) to navigate to the next result or [SHIFT]+[F8] to … [Continue reading]
#78 Customize Find in files, Location and Search Type
May 28, 2010 by
With the Find in Files window showing, you can change the Look In: combo box to anything except for open docs and current docs. This will enable the Look at these file types: option to select what files to search for. And for more advanced … [Continue reading]
#77 Use Visual Studio to Find in Files – Any disk location
May 27, 2010 by
And yet another way of searching code (or any text really) in Visual Studio... it's called Find in Files. It is the most comprehensive way to do a search. Even if you’re not looking for code, this can search any text string, in any set of files. … [Continue reading]
#76 Dock the Find and Replace window
May 26, 2010 by
The Find and Replace window is not a dialog, but actually a tool window. Thus you can dock it to the side if you find it in your way. Right-click on the tool window Titlebar and select Dockable. Now the tool window can be docked using a docking … [Continue reading]
