Visual Studio 2012 is awesome and my favorite tool that I use daily. The one thing that I like about VS2012 is how search is implemented more than before and its quick launch textbox on the top right corner. In this post I want to highlight different places where search box is implemented and where you can use a shortcut to highlight the box without using a mouse.
Quick Launch with shortcut Ctrl+Q
In New Project dialog, search using shortcut
Ctrl+E
Inside Solution Explorer, search for a
particular file using shortcut Ctrl+;
You can not only search for files but you can also
search functions within files.
Absolutely magic, see the screenshot below where I searched details and
it showed me where Details appeared.
Pretty Cool.
Inside Team Explorer – Search work items using
shortcut Ctrl+’
Inside Reference Manager – Search using Ctrl+E. Works for Package Manager dialog too.
Inside Toolbox, search using well just click
it. Although I would love to have a
shortcut to highlight that search box.
Search Error List,
Search a Class View
Search in Code Analysis
