"in-line find" plug-in for Visual Studio

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Is there a plug-in (or built-in feature) for Visual Studio 2008 to be able to do a quick in-line find in your code?

I am unhappy with the find feature (Ctrl+F). I don't like how it pops up in its own window. I think it would be much better if it was more like the Firefox find. (Try Ctrl+F in Firefox). I like how you start typing and it instantly tries to match what you're typing. Often you don't have to type your full search term before you find what you want.

I am use to FlashDevelop, and think they have good some great search functionality. you can just selected a word in your code and tap F3. It will instantly select the next occurrence of that string.

So is there anything out there with this sort of functionality?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 26 '13 at 12:19

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Type Ctrl+I. This is the "inline find" version you want.

edited Jul 26 '13 at 12:19

Steve P.

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answered Jun 12 '09 at 04:54

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 26 '13 at 12:18

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Ctrl+F3 will start a search for the word that the caret is in (without displaying the Find dialog). Subsequent presses of F3 will continue the search forward. Shift+Ctrl+F3 will search backwards. The whole word and case sensitive options of the Ctrl+F Find dialog are used during Ctrl+F3.

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answered Jun 12 '09 at 05:55

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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You already got your answer from 1800 INFORMATION, but I figured you might find this one interesting as well:

Favorite Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts

A good amount of Visual Studio keyboard goodness.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jun 12 '09 at 05:06

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Thanks for that link. very nice! – Adam Harte Jun 13 '09 at 04:02

"in-line find" plug-in for Visual Studio

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