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Reputation: 883

How do I search for comments in Visual Studio? (VS 2015)

Is it possible to include comments in a search? Or maybe even exclude code and search for comments only?

Like for example

int a = 1;
//int b = 2;

If I search for int I will only find the int which is not commented. I want to find the commented one.

edit

another thing I just noticed. When I search for things in xaml I cannot find them either. example:

<TextBlock x:Name="veryImportant"/>

cannot be found by searching for for example TextBlock or Name or veryImportant

Could it be possible to find it somehow?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4027

Answers (2)

AsheraH
AsheraH

Reputation: 472

Using CTRL + f , you can do a simple text find which will include comments.

Upvotes: 0

J. Rickman
J. Rickman

Reputation: 93

Visual Studio does allow for string searching in comments, although, in your example, it is possible that you have it set to "Match whole word" -- can you confirm that this is not the case? VS Find string

Upvotes: 5

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