VS Code - Search for text in all files in a directory

Question

Is there a way to search for text in all files in a directory using VS Code?

I.e., if I type \"find this\" in my search, it will search through all the files in the

Answer 1

Select your folder, Press ⌥ + ⇧ + F Don't know about windows but this works for mac :)

Answer 2

In order to search only in one folder, you have to click on it and press Alt + Shift + F.

When you use Ctrl, VS Code looks in all project.

Answer 3

What is NOT so obvious is that you can use the following pattern to recursively search

./src/**/*.html

so perhaps leave the following as the default for most of your typical searches to remind that there is such a thing

./src/**/

For example I was after an attribute for left-right justify/docking content, I could not remember except "start" so I did the following search which reveals to me "item-start"

This fixed my layout to

Instead of

Here is where "item-sart" goes in the template.