How to actually search all files in Visual Studio

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Visual Studio Problem Overview

I am using Visual Studio. Say for instance I have a static public method named FooBar() in class Utils. Let's also say that I use this method in a lot of .aspx files. Let's say I change the method signature of FooBar() to FooBar(string), and subsequently I'd like to find all the instances of Utils.FooBar so I can update them.

Now let's say I go to the Solution Explorer search box, select "Search within file contents", and type "Utils". Despite the fact that I make Utils.* method calls everywhere, the only thing that shows up is the Utils.cs file. If I keep typing "Utils.FooBar", nothing shows up.

Right now, I am launching a cygwin window and using grep since normal windows search is pretty useless too. But it seems like there there must be an actual way of searching within all files in Visual Studio. Am I missing something?

Visual Studio Solutions

Solution 1 - Visual Studio

I think you are talking about ctrl + shift + F, by default it should be on "look in: entire solution" and there you go.

Solution 2 - Visual Studio

So the answer seems to be to NOT use the Solution Explorer search box.

Rather, open any file in the solution, then use the control-f search pop-up to search all files by:

  1. selecting "Find All" from the "--> Find Next / <-- Find Previous" selector
  2. selecting "Current Project" or "Entire Solution" from the selector that normally says just "Current Document".

Solution 3 - Visual Studio

Press Ctrl+,

Then you will see a docked window under name of "Go to all"

This a picture of the "Go to all" in my IDE

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Solution 4 - Visual Studio

One can access the "Find in Files" window via the drop-down menu selection and search all files in the Entire Solution: Edit > Find and Replace > Find in Files

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Other, alternative is to open the "Find in Files" window via the "Standard Toolbars" button as highlighted in the below screen-short:

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