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Find and Replace Window

You can use the Find and Replace window to search for text strings, expressions, or entity names within the code of your documents. To access this window, from the Edit menu, click Find and Replace, and then select one of the options listed.

The Find and Replace window contains a toolbar with two drop-downs, one for find operations and one for replace operations. When you select an operation, the corresponding options for the operation are displayed. You can search and replace in one or more files or an entire solution for text, code, or symbols.

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  • Quick Find, Find and Replace Window
    Used to search the active file or current project for a string or expression. Jumps from match to match within each document.

  • Quick Replace, Find and Replace Window
    Used to search the active file or current project for a string or expression, and change all or part of any matches found. Jumps from match to match within each document.

  • Find in Files, Find and Replace Window
    Used to search for a string or expression in files stored within a set of search folders, or across the active solution. Displays matches in the Find Results windows.

  • Replace in Files, Find and Replace Window
    Used to search for a string or expression in files stored within a set of search folders, or across the active solution, and change all or part of any matches found. Displays matches in the Find Results windows.

  • Find Symbol, Find and Replace Window
    Used to search in currently active files, or also in broader sets of available components, for the names of entities defined, referenced, or called in code. Displays matches in the Find Symbol Results window.

  • Find Results Windows
    Describes the windows where matches found by Find in Files and Replace in Files operations are listed.

  • Find Symbol Results Window
    Describes the window where matches found by Find Symbol operations are listed.

  • Choose Search Folders Dialog Box
    Used to assemble, save, and select named sets of directories to search, and to specify the order in which they are searched.