I want to search for a word or phrase inside a folder from VS Code. I don't find a way to specify folder I want to search
Specify a path in the files to include box.
foldername\*.*
Related
I've got a component-based folder structure in my project. It is a bunch of component-folders with one index.js file each.
Is it possible to make Visual Studio Code display the parent folder name in the file tabs? Or am I limited to seeing a bunch of tabs that all display index.js and nothing else?
You can configure Visual Studio Code to always show parent folder names in the tabs! In your User Settings, just add this line: "workbench.editor.labelFormat": "short" (other values are "long", "medium" or "default")
Result: the files init/views.js, init/routes.js and plugins/modal.js will be presented as such:
Another option is the User Setting "breadcrumbs.enabled": true which will give you an entire row of breadcrumbs showing the complete file path:
PS: To open User Settings use the File-menu → Preferences → Settings → User Settings. To view the settings in a JSON format just click the {} icon in the top right corner.
Go to the main menu File → Preferences → Settings. And search for (Cmd + F on Mac; Ctrl + F on Windows and Linux) workbench label format.
Choose the short option.
Visual Studio Code has now improved their tab-UI to resolve this issue.
When you've opened multiple tabs with the same filename, Visual Studio Code will automatically display the parent foldername in each of those tabs.
Here's an example: I've opened event.js and two index.js files. Visual Studio Code automatically decides it's a good idea to display the foldername for the index.js files :)
It pretty much solved the bulk of my problem.
I know this is too late to answer, but in case someone is looking for the file path to show on the title bar, you can follow this:
Open settings (command + ,)
Search for title
You'll see something like activeEditorShort, replace it with activeEditorLong
Save
Source:
https://medium.com/riow/vscode-show-full-path-in-title-bar-b0cb731b330
Step 1: Go to File > Preferences > Settings
Step 2: search for "workbench.editor.labelFormat"
Step 3: select medium from a drop-down
You can install the nice-index extension for a better experience dealing with index files.
However, as of now, it only works when you have more than one index file open. This can be resolved by changing labelFormat to "short", as other answers suggest.
In VSCode 1.53 you can use thees settings:
Controls the window title based on the active editor. Variables are substituted based on the context:
${activeEditorShort}: the file name (e.g. myFile.txt).
${activeEditorMedium}: the path of the file relative to the workspace folder (e.g. myFolder/myFileFolder/myFile.txt).
${activeEditorLong}: the full path of the file (e.g. /Users/Development/myFolder/myFileFolder/myFile.txt).
${activeFolderShort}: the name of the folder the file is contained in (e.g. myFileFolder).
${activeFolderMedium}: the path of the folder the file is contained in, relative to the workspace folder (e.g. myFolder/myFileFolder).
${activeFolderLong}: the full path of the folder the file is contained in (e.g. /Users/Development/myFolder/myFileFolder).
${folderName}: name of the workspace folder the file is contained in (e.g. myFolder).
${folderPath}: file path of the workspace folder the file is contained in (e.g. /Users/Development/myFolder).
${rootName}: name of the opened workspace or folder (e.g. myFolder or myWorkspace).
${rootPath}: file path of the opened workspace or folder (e.g. /Users/Development/myWorkspace).
${appName}: e.g. VS Code.
${remoteName}: e.g. SSH
${dirty}: a dirty indicator if the active editor is dirty.
${separator}: a conditional separator (" - ") that only shows when surrounded by variables with values or static text.
I have a project with a lot of files and folders. There are no problems with finding files. They can be found with Ctrl-P. But there are many folders in which files with the same name are made. Therefore, it is easier to search for a file by the name of the folder in which it is located. How in VS Code to search for folders in the current open project?
For example, I have the following project structure:
A/
main.js
B/
main.js
...
Z/
main.js
The file main.js from the folder P will be easier to find by the folder name.
While using Ctrl-P, you can type the full path of the file, so if i have two files named bar you can search on Ctrl-P with
"foo/bar" or with "qux/bar"
Vscode uses fuzzy search (like so many others), so you don't have to actually type the whole thing.
There is no way, to my knowledge and research, to find and be directed to a specific directory.
You can simply select a folder on the explorer and tape some filter keywords.
Recently, vscode added a shortcut, if you are using a recent release just typing won't work, first tape ctrl + f.
Ctrl + Shift + E
and start typing. You'll see your search on the top right corner of file explorer.
By default it does not filter by result but your focus will jumps to the first one. From there you can Enter to open it.
If you want to show only results containing the string of search : click on filter icon next to your search (state will be remembered).
Echap
to exit/remove search
or
Ctrl + Shift + E
again to switch back focus to last place you were typing.
This VSCode extension does exactly what you're asking for.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rwu823.open-folder
I found a way to search through subfolders. Click on a folder you wish to search, than / and start typing for a name of subfolder
It's simple. Just open the parent folder of your folder in VSCode. Then right-click on the folder you want to find subfolder in and choose "Find in folder"
I've got a component-based folder structure in my project. It is a bunch of component-folders with one index.js file each.
Is it possible to make Visual Studio Code display the parent folder name in the file tabs? Or am I limited to seeing a bunch of tabs that all display index.js and nothing else?
You can configure Visual Studio Code to always show parent folder names in the tabs! In your User Settings, just add this line: "workbench.editor.labelFormat": "short" (other values are "long", "medium" or "default")
Result: the files init/views.js, init/routes.js and plugins/modal.js will be presented as such:
Another option is the User Setting "breadcrumbs.enabled": true which will give you an entire row of breadcrumbs showing the complete file path:
PS: To open User Settings use the File-menu → Preferences → Settings → User Settings. To view the settings in a JSON format just click the {} icon in the top right corner.
Go to the main menu File → Preferences → Settings. And search for (Cmd + F on Mac; Ctrl + F on Windows and Linux) workbench label format.
Choose the short option.
Visual Studio Code has now improved their tab-UI to resolve this issue.
When you've opened multiple tabs with the same filename, Visual Studio Code will automatically display the parent foldername in each of those tabs.
Here's an example: I've opened event.js and two index.js files. Visual Studio Code automatically decides it's a good idea to display the foldername for the index.js files :)
It pretty much solved the bulk of my problem.
I know this is too late to answer, but in case someone is looking for the file path to show on the title bar, you can follow this:
Open settings (command + ,)
Search for title
You'll see something like activeEditorShort, replace it with activeEditorLong
Save
Source:
https://medium.com/riow/vscode-show-full-path-in-title-bar-b0cb731b330
Step 1: Go to File > Preferences > Settings
Step 2: search for "workbench.editor.labelFormat"
Step 3: select medium from a drop-down
You can install the nice-index extension for a better experience dealing with index files.
However, as of now, it only works when you have more than one index file open. This can be resolved by changing labelFormat to "short", as other answers suggest.
In VSCode 1.53 you can use thees settings:
Controls the window title based on the active editor. Variables are substituted based on the context:
${activeEditorShort}: the file name (e.g. myFile.txt).
${activeEditorMedium}: the path of the file relative to the workspace folder (e.g. myFolder/myFileFolder/myFile.txt).
${activeEditorLong}: the full path of the file (e.g. /Users/Development/myFolder/myFileFolder/myFile.txt).
${activeFolderShort}: the name of the folder the file is contained in (e.g. myFileFolder).
${activeFolderMedium}: the path of the folder the file is contained in, relative to the workspace folder (e.g. myFolder/myFileFolder).
${activeFolderLong}: the full path of the folder the file is contained in (e.g. /Users/Development/myFolder/myFileFolder).
${folderName}: name of the workspace folder the file is contained in (e.g. myFolder).
${folderPath}: file path of the workspace folder the file is contained in (e.g. /Users/Development/myFolder).
${rootName}: name of the opened workspace or folder (e.g. myFolder or myWorkspace).
${rootPath}: file path of the opened workspace or folder (e.g. /Users/Development/myWorkspace).
${appName}: e.g. VS Code.
${remoteName}: e.g. SSH
${dirty}: a dirty indicator if the active editor is dirty.
${separator}: a conditional separator (" - ") that only shows when surrounded by variables with values or static text.
I want eclipse to ignore all .class files when I search for a keyword in files. I don't want a particular directory to be excluded, instead I want to exclude all files of type .class
when you open the File Search in Eclipse, there is a text box for filename patterns. You can enter the patterns you DO want to include, like *.java, *.xml, etc. (each pattern separated by a comma) , and it will only search in files of that type.
EDIT:
To exclude a file type, place an exclamation mark in front of the pattern, like
!*.class, !*.svn
I managed to exclude files of a specific extension in eclipse using resource filters:
Right-click on the project in project explorer -> select properties
Expand the Resource heading on the left of the properties window and select Resource filters
Select the Add Filter button
In my scenario, I was ignoring tar.gz archives:
So in this example *.class could have been inputted rather than *.tar.gz to ignore all files with the class extension.
You can create a Working Set pointing it to your java source dir,
and select it on Open Resource (Ctrl+Shift R normally)
Open Resource window Image
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The working set will be remembered when you open it again.
I am attempting to strip out my Log.i Log.d etc code in eclipse. I have used them liberally. I can find them by control+h and using the File Search tab. Once I can filter the results to a certain package I plan on doing a replace with a blank string.
I check the Regular Expression checkbox.
In the Containing text: field I use Log\..*;
This gets every single Log line of code in the workspace (At least I think workspace, because there is currently 1 project in the workspace)
How can I get this search to only search within a certain package (ie com.example.so.is.super.cool)
I assume this is in the File name patterns field and I have attempted:
.*super.*
*super*
super
Please let me know if there is a pattern I can enter in File name patterns that narrows the search down for me.
Here's how:
Select the package in Package Explorer
On the Search > File Search panel: Specify regular expression, set Scope to "Selected resources"
Press Search