Search everywhere

The extension is inspired by JetBrains IDEs feature "Search Everywhere". It allows user to easily navigate through files and symbols in the whole workspace.

It is the alternative for "Go to Symbol in Workspace..." - fully customizable.

Version 2.0.0 - rewritten with several fancy new features.

How it works

The extension indexes the whole workspace. It scans both files and all symbols for each file according to set up patterns in settings. The scan can be initialized automatically on startup of Visual Studio Code or postponed till the first launch of extension.

After the scan is completed, the extension listens for any change in the workplace, e.g.

add, rename, delete function, variable or anything other in file
add, rename, delete, move a file between directories or even between projects in the opened workspace

The above guarantees that the data is always up to date.

Worth mentioning is the optimization of scanning algorithm. It queues every change and reduces not necessary actions to assure the scan is smooth and very quick.

Additionally from version 2.0.0 there is a feature to scan the workspace only once and cache the results. Useful especially with the bigger projects.

Features

Init on startup or first call
Notification placeholder

toast

status bar
Debounce of search results while filtering

enabled

disabled
Highlight of selected symbol

enabled

disabled
Customizable icon for each item type
Customizable filter phrase for each item type
Customizable items filter to reduce items set
Customizable help phrase
Customizable exclude patterns
Customizable include pattern
Ability to decide whether use extension exclude patterns or "Files: Exclude" and "Search: Exclude" patterns
Item icon to open it to the side
Dedicated output with logs related to triggered actions, scanned directories structure, etc.
Ability to decide whether the items should be sorted by type
Ability to cache the scanned workspaceData to as a result scan the workspace only once

Commands

searchEverywhere.search

Search any symbol/file in the currently opened workspace.

Default keybinding for the command is:
- mac: alt + cmd + p
- win/linux: ctrl + alt + p
searchEverywhere.reload

Re-index the whole workspace.

Extension Settings

searchEverywhere.shouldInitOnStartup

Should indexing be initialized on Visual Studio Code startup. Default value: false.

searchEverywhere.shouldDisplayNotificationInStatusBar

Should display indexing notification in toast or status bar. Default value: false.

searchEverywhere.shouldHighlightSymbol

Should the selected symbol be highlighted. Default value: false.

searchEverywhere.shouldUseDebounce

Should the debounce function be used while returning filter results (useful in case of the large workspace). Default value: true.

searchEverywhere.icons

Ability to define icons that should be displayed for appropriate item types. According to VSC API, only Octicons are allowed. Not defined item type will not have any icon.

Default value:

{
  "0": "symbol-file",
  "1": "file-submodule",
  "2": "symbol-namespace",
  "3": "package",
  "4": "symbol-class",
  "5": "symbol-method",
  "6": "symbol-property",
  "7": "symbol-field",
  "8": "symbol-ruler",
  "9": "symbol-enum",
  "10": "symbol-interface",
  "11": "variable-group",
  "12": "symbol-variable",
  "13": "symbol-constant",
  "14": "symbol-string",
  "15": "symbol-numeric",
  "16": "symbol-boolean",
  "17": "symbol-array",
  "18": "symbol-keyword",
  "19": "symbol-key",
  "20": "remove",
  "21": "symbol-enum-member",
  "22": "symbol-structure",
  "23": "symbol-event",
  "24": "symbol-operator",
  "25": "type-hierarchy-sub"
}

Below you can find the table with information which symbol kind refers to which symbol name:

kind	icon	symbol name
0	symbol-file	file
1	file-submodule	module
2	symbol-namespace	namespace
3	package	package
4	symbol-class	class
5	symbol-method	method
6	symbol-property	property
7	symbol-field	field
8	symbol-ruler	constructor
9	symbol-enum	enum
10	symbol-interface	interface
11	variable-group	function
12	symbol-variable	variable
13	symbol-constant	constant
14	symbol-string	string
15	symbol-numeric	number
16	symbol-boolean	boolean
17	symbol-array	array
18	symbol-keyword	object
19	symbol-key	key
20	remove	null
21	symbol-enum-member	enum member
22	symbol-structure	struct
23	symbol-event	event
24	symbol-operator	operator
25	type-hierarchy-sub	type parameter

searchEverywhere.itemsFilter

Ability to define a filter that should be applied to items. All kinds can be find here: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api#SymbolKind

Default value:

{
  "allowedKinds": [],
  "ignoredKinds": [],
  "ignoredNames": []
}

Below is an example which will remove from items all arrays (17), booleans (16) and the ones containing "foo" string in the name:

{
  "allowedKinds": [],
  "ignoredKinds": [16, 17],
  "ignoredNames": ["foo"]
}

searchEverywhere.shouldUseItemsFilterPhrases

Should be a possibility to filter by assigned filter phrases. Default value: true.

searchEverywhere.itemsFilterPhrases

Phrases for item type which could be used for narrowing the results down.

Default value:

{
  "0": "$$",
  "4": "@@",
  "11": "!!",
  "14": "##",
  "17": "%%"
}

searchEverywhere.helpPhrase

A phrase which should invoke help. Default value: ?

searchEverywhere.shouldItemsBeSorted

Ability to decide whether items should be sorted by type. Default value: true

searchEverywhere.exclude

An array of globs. Any file matching these globs will be excluded from indexing.

Default value:

[
  "**/.git",
  "**/.svn",
  "**/.hg",
  "**/.CVS",
  "**/.DS_Store",
  "**/package-lock.json",
  "**/yarn.lock",
  "**/node_modules/**",
  "**/bower_components/**",
  "**/coverage/**",
  "**/.vscode/**",
  "**/.vscode-test/**",
  "**/.history/**",
  "**/.cache/**",
  "**/.cache-loader/**",
  "**/out/**",
  "**/dist/**"
]

searchEverywhere.include

String with include pattern. Any file matching this glob will be included in indexing.

Default value:

"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}"

searchEverywhere.excludeMode

Ability to choose which exclude option should be applied. If gitignore file is not found or is empty, the extension option is used as a fallback. Available options: search everywhere, files and search, gitignore. To see the changes from the updated gitignore file after indexing, the reload must be done. Default value: search everywhere.

searchEverywhere.shouldWorkspaceDataBeCached

Ability to decide if the workspace should be indexed only once. Each next startup of Visual Studio Code will collect data from cache. Default value: true

searchEverywhere.shouldSearchSelection

Ability to decide whether selection in the active editor is put in the search. Default value: true

Release Notes

Please check changelog for release details.

How to run it locally

If you would like to run the extension locally, go through the following steps:

clone the repository
run npm install to install all dependencies
open run and debug view
run run extension
enjoy development!

Author

Kamil Bysiec

Acknowledgment

If you found it useful somehow, I would be grateful if you could leave a "Rating & Review" in Marketplace or/and leave a star in the project's GitHub repository.

Thank you.