Did you know… How to use F8 to navigate the Find Results window? – #079

You’ve probably noticed that doing a Find in Files returns all the hits in a Find Results tool window.  You can use F8 (with focus either in the Find Results window or in the editor) to navigate to the next result or Shift+F8 to the previous result.  (Edit.GoToNextLocation and Edit.GoToPrevLocation)

Navigating within Find Results window

And yes, you can do a quick find (Ctrl+F3) within the Find Results window.  ::grins::

Using Quick Find within the Find Results window

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