Is there a better, 3rd party "Find" / "Search" add-on for Visual Studio 2008?

Question

I can't stand Visual Studio 2008's "Find" or "Find and replace" functionality, does anyone know of a better 3rd party solution that integrates into visual studio? At this point, I'd gladly take any "Find" utility, visual studio integration or not.

Some of the things VS.net 08 wont do that I'd like to do:

• let you specify the file type ("*.sql" would be nice)
• let you specify which solution or folder, "Current Project" seems like a waste or after thought

If anything else, just post your favorite "Find" app and I'll check them out

Answer 1

Find is brilliant in VS 2008.

Do ctrl+shift+F to bring up the advanced find window.

Then you can do everything you asked about and more.

Answer 2

The "Find in Files" command allows you to specify the file type, and allows you to specify exactly which folders to search in. It even allows the use of regular expressions.

Please try it out, and edit your question accordingly.

Answer 3

SonicFileFinder is pretty handy to use, if you want to search by filename. Allows you to type partial file name, and see all the matching filenames.

Answer 4

Resharper.

Answer 5

Entrian Source Search http://entrian.com/source-search/ is a Search addin for Visual Studio. It builds a full-text index of your files, so searching is always near-instant. The results are syntax-highlighted, and it supports filtering by file type, filename and directory.

Full disclosure: I'm the author (and I wrote it because I too was frustrated by Visual Studio's own search features ;-).

Answer 6

I'm using VS2008 Standard Edition,and "Find In Files" did not appear as one of the choices in the Edit menu!

I had to add it via "Customize...". Had to add the Ctrl+Shift+F shortcut via "Keyboard..." too.