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15 questions linked to/from How do I search for files in Visual Studio Code?
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Visual Studio Code Ctrl + comma does not work [duplicate]
I want to search files by name in Visual Studio Code. All the answers said that the solution is to hit ctrl + ,. But for me, the result is Settings window.
One solution that is closer to the answer is ...
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How can I prevent Visual Studio Code from replacing a newly opened, unmodified (preview) tab with a subsequently opened one?
I am using Visual Studio Code 1.3.1 with the newly introduced tabs.
When I click on files, the first file will open in a tab. If I do not make any changes to this file, the second clicked file will ...
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How to exclude folder from "Explore" tab? [duplicate]
I'm trying to exclude several folders on the Explore tab in Visual Studio Code. To do that, I have added a following jsconfig.json to the root of my project:
{
"compilerOptions": {
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Find a file by name in Visual Studio Code
How can I find a file by name (or path) in Visual Studio Code?
A Visual Studio shortcut I'm used to is CTRL+,, but it does not work here.
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vscode - how to get file search (not content) to include (git-) ignored files
When I search for a file in VSCode (CTRL+P), I see that it doesn't include files and folders that are a part of the .gitignore file.
I can very well see the logic in that, and that's fine, but how can ...
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How to quickly find files or symbols in a project in visual studio code?
Here's a demonstration of the feature in IntelliJ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtnI2doW6XE)?
In case the video isn't viewable, basically the user presses a key-combo, and a dialog box pops up ...
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Match the beginning of a file in a VSCode regex search
I'm trying to match the beginning of a file in a VSCode regex search to find and remove the following pattern:
//
Anything else to leave in place
etc.
I'd like to remove the first line in all files ...
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How do I list/search all files of a specific type in Visual Studio Code [duplicate]
I want to see a filtered list of all the files in my project that have a specific extension.
As Im using a Scala language the files have the extension ".scala", so i would like to see a ...
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Has the feature in vs code where you type to filter the document tree in file explorer been removed in latest versions?
There is this feature in vs code where when you start typing in the file explorer when focused, it shows a small filter box at the top and highlights similar matches on files in the explorer.
After ...
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How to search the entire Flutter source code in android studio or vscode
in Android Studio, we can search in the project with "ctrl+shift+f"(in Windows),
but that just shows search results only within our own project.
How can we search any class or method in the ...
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VS Code does not see existing file
Apparently VS Code does not list existing files in files dropdown (Ctrl + P command).
Here is what it shows:
As you can see, the file laravel-2019年09月26日.log exists in the directory (left bottom), but ...
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How to get a list of all files matching search criteria in VSCode?
As per the answers in this question, there are two primary ways to search for files in VSCode:
By using CTRL/CMD + P/E to search and "go to file"
By clicking anywhere in the explorer tree ...
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How to, inside Visual Studio Code, to search for files with a certain extension containing a certain text
I know that it is possible to search files by their contents by clicking at the hourglass on the left side; I also know that it is possible to search for files by their name by using Ctrl+p or Ctrl+e.
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How to do simple file search in VSCODE
I am new to VScode. Whenever I try to search and click on a file it starts showing the diff view.
Here is a screenshot of the issue : https://prnt.sc/YZtk1gNm02S-
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vs code explorer filter how to limit to contiguous strings
in VS code, I wand to use the filename filter to find files with the string "opus" in them (case insensitive). However it matches all files with any of the letters o, p, u, s as here:
how ...