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🔍 Find & Replace = Code Search Power

Manual search is slow. Find & Replace finds and changes anything. Code, comments, files — all instantly.

⌨️ Find & Replace Shortcuts

Ctrl + F          → Find (current file)
Ctrl + H          → Replace (current file)
Ctrl + Shift + F  → Find in Files (all files)
Ctrl + Shift + H  → Replace in Files (all files)

# Find Options
- Match case
- Match whole word
- Use regular expressions
- Look in: Current document, solution, etc.

# Replace Options
- Replace
- Replace All
- Replace in Files

# Find in Files (Ctrl+Shift+F)
- Search across solution
- Search in specific folders
- File types filter
- Result window

# Regular Expressions
.    → Any character
\d   → Digit
\w   → Word character
\s   → Whitespace
^    → Start of line
$    → End of line
*    → Zero or more
+    → One or more

🎯 Advanced Find & Replace

# Find in Files (Ctrl+Shift+F)
1. Enter search term
2. Select Look in:
   - Entire Solution
   - Current Project
   - Specific folders
3. Select file types:
   - *.cs
   - *.html
   - *.css
   - *.js

# Using Regex
Find: \b[0-9]+\b
Find numbers

Find: ^\s*//.*$
Find comment lines

Find: public\s+(\w+)\s+(\w+)\s*\{.*?\}
Find public methods

# Replace with capture groups
Find: (\w+)\s*=\s*(.+);
Replace: var $1 = $2;

# Quick Find (Ctrl+F)
- Incremental search
- Highlights matches
- Navigate with F3

# Find Symbol (Ctrl+Shift+S)
- Search by symbol name
- CamelCase support
- Type, method, property

# Go To Definition (F12)
- Find where symbol is defined
- Quick navigation

✅ Find & Replace Tips

• Use Ctrl+Shift+F for solution-wide search
• Use regex for complex patterns
• Preview before replacing
• Use find symbol for quick navigation
• Save searches for reuse