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VSCode has a very useful shortcut: CTRL + D - Add Selection To Next Find Match.

What is the equivalent in Visual Studio?


Below an example:

CTRL+D VSCode shortcut

Gama11
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Maicon Heck
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  • Do you want go to the next search result? F3 – user1012506 Jun 06 '18 at 18:55
  • I added now an image demonstrating an example of using CTRL + D No, although the "next result search" has a similar effect, "add selection to next find match" allows editing according to the example I put in the image. – Maicon Heck Jun 07 '18 at 15:57

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Update Visual Studio 2017+

This is natively available starting in Visual Studio 2017 under the command(s):

  • Shift + Alt + . - Edit.InsertNextMatchingCaret
  • Shift + Alt + ; - Edit.InsertCaretsatAllMatching

You can change the shortcut in keyboard options if you want.

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Comparison VS Code and Visual Studio

Visual Studio Code Visual Studio
Ctrl + D

editor.action.addSelectionToNextFindMatch
Add Selection to Next Find Match		 Shift + Alt + .

Edit.InsertNextMatchingCaret

Ctrl + Shift + L

editor.action.selectHighlights
Select All Occurrences of Find Match		 Shift + Alt + ;

Edit.InsertCaretsAtAllMatching

Further Reading

KyleMit
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I figure out that this feature (Multi-Caret Support) was added through an update in Visual Studio 2017.

With Ctrl + Alt + Click you can add multiple insertion points or carets, as shown here here.

Maicon Heck
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As far as i know, there is no equivalent directly in Visual Studio, but you can use Select Next Occurrence extension that mimics this behavior.

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