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Stackoverflow Instant Search

Stackoverflow Instant Search

Alexey-Strakh

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Instant Stackoverflow search staying in a context of your favorite vs-code. Select a line and initiate the instance search with a `cmd+h` (help) hotkey
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Stackoverflow Instant Search - Visual Studio Code Extension

This extension adds a quick command to search Stackoverflow without leaving your favorite VS Code. You can find the command by name stackoverflow search or by using the hotkeys cmd+h on Mac or ctrl+h on Windows, h stands for help. As an alternative you can execute search instantly from a context menu (select text -> right click -> Stackoverflow Search) or by using the hotkeys cmd+shift+h on Mac or ctrl+shift+h on Windows.

Stackoverflow Instant Search Demo

You can also narrow your search with tags by specifying them in square brackets (semicolon-separated), e.g. BindingContext [mvvm;xamarin.forms]

Stackoverflow Tags Search Demo

Features

  • Stackoverflow instant search without leaving VS-Code
  • Execute search with a search term preview (ctrl/cmd+h) or instantly (ctrl/cmd+shift+h)
  • Browse search result by title and stats stats (Stackoverflow votes, answers, etc)
  • Open selected post in a default browser
  • Execute Google search as an option if no relevant results found
  • Execute Stackoverflow search as an option if no relevant results found

Release Notes

This is an initial version of the Stackoverflow Instant Search extension.

Contributions

Star and follow this public repository and please provide feedback, submit issues and PRs!

Stackoverflow API

We use Stackexchange Search API. Please make sure you get your own key to contribute.

Tags

stackoverflow, stack-overflow, stack overflow, stackexchange, stack exchange, stack-exchange, question, answer, debug, search, google, instant search, stuck overflow

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