Finding and Replacing
The Find and Replace Window allows you to search in one or more open files within various search scopes, to make text substitutions if you wish, and to review your search results in report format. You can also search without a dialog box by using incremental search or the Find/Command Box.
Consider the following information when searching or replacing text and code:
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The Look in, Find, and Result options set in the Find and Replace window are global. This means they persist from one search to the next. For example, once you select the Match case option on the Quick Replace tab of the Find and Replace window, it remains set to true for all searches until you reset it.
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After a Replace All operation, you can only use Undo on files that remain open for editing. To ensure that Undo will be available, select the Keep modified files open after Replace All option on the Replace in Files tab of the Find and Replace window.
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Find in Files and Replace in Files operations do not search documents open in graphical or design views, such as Design view in the HTML Designer. Switch to Source view before attempting these operations on the markup of documents open in such graphic designers.
In This Section
- How to: Search Interactively
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Using Quick Find and Quick Replace to match or replace search strings or expressions in documents open for editing, or in the current project. Jumps from match to match within each document.
- How to: Search Using Results Lists
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Using Find in Files and Replace in Files to match or replace search strings or expressions in any accessible files, or in the entire solution. Displays matches in the Find Results windows.
- How to: Search a Document Incrementally
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How to match text in the active document as you enter a search string character by character.
- How to: Navigate Code and Text
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Common ways to move through text and code in document windows.
- How to: Go To a Line of Code
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Tools and methods for finding and moving to particular lines of code.
