Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 3, introducing significant enhancements to built-in code search capabilities. The update allows users to perform comprehensive searches within Visual Studio, including searching local variable names, comments, parameter names, and different types of strings.
The new version introduces advanced search features and improves the plain text view.
To take advantage of these improvements, users can use familiar keyboard shortcuts such as “Find in Files” (Ctrl + Shift + F) and Quick Find (Ctrl + F), which provide a more optimized and efficient programming experience.
One of the key features in this release is the update to the default code search function (Ctrl + T or Ctrl + ,). Microsoft has implemented “exact text matching,” allowing users to get search results for items such as comments or local variables that were not included in the previous version. This enhancement aims to increase productivity by providing more accurate and relevant search results for developers navigating extensive source codes.
In addition to improved code search functionality, Microsoft has also introduced enhancements to the plain text view. Users now have access to features such as “Match Case,” “Match Whole Word,” and “Use Regular Expressions” through buttons located on the right side of the search bar.
The improved plain text view allows users to apply filters, narrowing down the results to only text-related outcomes. This flexibility gives programmers the ability to customize their searches according to specific criteria, improving result precision.
In the press release, it was noted that the enhanced code search functionality has been tested since Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 2 and is now fully available in Preview 3. However, Microsoft recommends that some features “not be enabled by default in the preview channel.” Users who do not notice these changes should manually enable the preview feature in settings to fully utilize the advanced code search capabilities available in Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 3.
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