Search in Class View

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Keyboard:  CTRL + K, CTRL + V
Command:  View.ClassViewGoToSearchCombo; View.ClassViewSearch
Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  8/15/2010
Code:  vstipTool0073

 

Search Combo Box

Ever been looking for an item and just want to quickly search for it?  The Class View has a search capability that helps make that happen.  Just go to the Class View Search Combo box (CTRL + K, CTRL + V):

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Type in the keyword to search for and press ENTER:

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It will search for the keyword in items and show the results while highlighting the last instance where the keyword was found in an item.  Note that the search is a "contains" operation so it will look for anything that has the keyword(s) anywhere in the item.

 

 

 

View.ClassViewSearch Command

If you want a quick way to do this by running a command, you can use View.ClassViewSearch with any keyword(s) to find items.  First, go someplace you can run a command.  I prefer to use the Find Combo box (CTRL + /) to run my commands (see vstipTool0070 for more options):

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Type in "View.ClassViewSearch [keyword(s)]".  In this case, I'll look for the word "task":

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I just press ENTER and we get our results in the Class View:

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Use a Previous Search

You can redo any previous search by using the dropdown list from the Search Combo box:

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Clear Your Search

Regardless of which method you use, you can always clear your search by clicking on the "Clear Search" button:

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