Visual Studio New All In One Search Feature

Struggling to find code files or features in Visual Studio? You're not alone. With so many search options, it can be overwhelming.

Visual Studio 17.2 Preview 3 introduces a brand-new All-In-One search experience that merges the existing VS Search (Ctrl + Q) and Go To (Ctrl + T) to allow you to search both your code and Visual Studio features quicker and easier than ever.

How to enable it?

To enable the new search experience, go to Tools > Options > Environment > Preview Features > New Visual Studio Search Experience. After doing that, and restarting Visual Studio, you’ll now see the new search button appear in the title bar, as shown in the screenshot below.

Visual studio new All in one Search Feature

Quickly locate files, symbols, and features in Visual Studio.

The Code Search tab (Ctrl + T) prioritizes results for files, types, and members, making it easy to navigate to symbol usage locations. You can filter your search to one of these options with buttons below the search bar or by using prefixes "f:", "t:", or "m:". Moreover, the Feature Search tab (Ctrl + Q) grants simple access to Visual Studio's diverse tools, templates, options, and components.

How to use it?

Visual studio new All in one Search Feature