High-performance "Search Everywhere" for Visual Studio 2022 & 2026
DeepLens brings the ultimate "Search Everywhere" experience to Visual Studio. Powered by a high-performance standalone search engine, it provides instant, unified access to types, symbols, files, and API endpoints across your entire solution with lightning-fast fuzzy matching and CamelHumps support.
🌟 Key Features
🔍 Search Everywhere
The definitive navigation tool for Visual Studio. Access everything in your solution from a single, responsive interface.
Classes & Types: Find classes, interfaces, and enums instantly.
Methods & Symbols: Search for functions, methods, and variables.
Files: Locate any file by name or relative path.
API Endpoints: Specialized search for ASP.NET and web API endpoints.
Text Search: Full-text search integrated directly into the search experience.
🍱 Integrated Tool Window
DeepLens is now a first-class citizen in Visual Studio, living in its own Tool Window.
No Focus Issues: Seamlessly integrates with the IDE without stealing focus from the editor.
Dockable: Pin it, dock it, or keep it floating—it's part of your layout.
Theme Aware: Automatically matches Visual Studio's Light, Dark, and Blue themes.
⚡ Smart Matching Engine
Fuzzy Search: Type partial matches like usebas to find useCallback.
CamelHumps Support: Type UB to find UserButton or UserBinding.
High Performance: Designed to handle massive solutions with tens of thousands of files in milliseconds.
Context Actions: Right-click or use icons to "Reveal in File Explorer" or "Copy Path" directly from results.
Live Preview: Single-click navigation that opens and centers the result in the editor instantly.
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut
Action
ShiftShift (Double Press)
Global Search: Open/Focus DeepLens Search Everywhere
Arrow Keys
Navigate through search results
Enter
Open selected result in editor
Escape
Return focus to the editor
🚀 Performance First
DeepLens offloads indexing and search to a high-performance background process (powered by Bun/Node.js and Tree-sitter), ensuring Visual Studio remains responsive even during intensive indexing.
