VS Code - Search for text in all files in a directory

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Is there a way to search for text in all files in a directory using VS Code   I e   if I type  find this  in my search  it will search through all the files in the current directory and return the files that matched  Basically like if I did a grep  My coworker told me Sublime has something like this

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In order to search only in one folder  you have to click on it and press Alt   Shift   F  When you use Ctrl  VS Code looks in all project

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A simple answer is to click the magnifying glass on the left side bar

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What is NOT so obvious is that you can use the following pattern to recursively search    src      html   so perhaps leave the following as the default for most of your typical searches to remind that there is such a thing     src       For example I was after an attribute for left-right justify docking content  I could not remember except  start  so I did the following search which reveals to me  item-start     This fixed my layout to   Instead of   Here is where  item-sart  goes in the template

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Press Ctrl   Shift   F   Click on 3 dots under search box   Type your query in search box  Type   FOLDERNAME in files to include box and click Enter   Alternative way to this is  Right click on folder and select Find in Folder

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To add to the above  if you want to search within the selected folder  right click on the folder and click  Find in Folder  or default key binding   Alt Shift F  As already mentioned  to search all folders in your project  click Edit    Find in Files  or   Ctrl Shift F

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This action is not bound to a key by default  to bind it do this    File   Preferences   Keyboard Shortcuts  Ctrl K  Ctrl S  Search for  find folder  Press the   icon on the left of  filesExplorer findInFolder  search result Enter your desired key combination

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Enter Search Keyword in search  CTRL   SHIFT   F  Exclude unwanted folder s files by using exclude option      ex   Folder File  Hit Enter   Search results gives you desired result

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Search across files - Press Ctrl Shift F  Find - Press Ctrl F  Find and Replace - Ctrl H  For basic editing options follow this link - https   code visualstudio com docs editor codebasics     Note   For mac the Ctrl represents the command button

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Ctrl   P  Win  Linux   Cmd   P  Mac      Quick open  Go to file

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You can do Edit  Find in Files  or Ctrl Shift F - default key binding  Cmd Shift F on MacOS  to search the Currently open Folder   There is an ellipsis on the dialog where you can include exclude files  and options in the search box for matching case word and using Regex

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And by the way for you fellow googlers for selecting multiple folders in the search input you separate your directories with a comma  Works both for exclude and include  Example    src public  src components

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I think these official guide should work for your case       VS Code allows you to quickly search over all files in the   currently-opened folder  Press Ctrl Shift F and enter in your search   term  Search results are grouped into files containing the search   term  with an indication of the hits in each file and its location    Expand a file to see a preview of all of the hits within that file    Then single-click on one of the hits to view it in the editor

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In VS Code       Go to Explorer  Ctrl   Shift   E  Right click on your favorite folder Select  Find in folder    The search query will be prefilled with the path under  files to include

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If you have a directory open in VSCode  and want to search a subdirectory  then either    ctrl-shift-F then in the files to include field enter the path with a leading       or   ctrl-shift-E to open the Explorer  right click the directory you want to search  and select the Find in Folder    option

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Select your folder  Press         F Don t know about windows but this works for mac

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