My typical workflow for this has been to click on my ConEmu shortcut on the Windows shortcut menu and then copy and paste the path to my project that’s buried 5 levels down from the root usually. The search results includes tabs for All, Code, Visual Studio.This isn’t exactly news, but I’ve been doing a lot more work with the command line these days from using build tools, file monitors, local Web servers, running Git, to doing Cordova builds and so on. In the following screenshot, a search for FSS has found a Folder Size Scanner file, class, and method: In the following screenshot, a search for markdown has found the MarkdownMetaExtractor.cs file, the MarkdownMetaExtractor class, and two methods within the solution: Visual Studio search also searches your solution items for filename, code, method, and other matches.

For example, search for test to find and open the Test Explorer window:

The search results also offer a reminder of where to find this command in the menus as shown in the following screenshot:įinally, you can search for windows or panels that you may have accidentally closed. For example, search for clean sol to quickly find and execute the Clean Solution command. You can use the Visual Studio search box to find menu items and commands. In most cases Visual Studio search will also remind you of the menu, shortcut keys, and location of each item in the results.

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