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Chapter 3, Navigating Visual Studio

#17 Find Files Quickly

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Add button in the Highlighted Files section. You are then prompted with

the Add Highlight Filter dialog, which is shown in Figure 3-10.

First you need to specify a description of the file type. In this example, I am

going to specify that all .cs files be highlighted with a particular color and

that my description will be “CS Files.” To apply this to files ending in the .cs

extension, you need to specify .cs in the Filter box. And last, you need to

choose what color to highlight the files with; this is done by clicking on the

color in the box filled with different colors. After you add this filter, all .cs

records will be highlighted with the selected color. This is a useful tech-

nique for spotting certain types of files in the search list.

Shortcut

During installation, VS File Finder also adds a command to Visual Studio.

You can use this command to assign a shortcut key to VS File Finder. Since

this add-in is about speed, it makes sense to be able to quickly launch the

add-in with a shortcut key, as opposed to using the mouse.

To create a shortcut for VS File Finder, you simply need to wire a shortcut key

to the VSFileFinder.Connect.ShowVSFileFinder command. For more informa-

tion on creating shortcuts, see “Create Your Own Shortcuts”

[Hack #24].

Figure 3-10. Add Highlight Filter dialog