QuickFind - VSCode Extension

A fast and intuitive search extension for Visual Studio Code, inspired by vim telescope. Provides powerful text search and file search capabilities with a clean split-pane interface.

Preview

Functions

🔍 Search Current File

Keybinding: Ctrl+K Ctrl+T (Windows/Linux) / Cmd+K Cmd+T (macOS)

Search within the currently active file with real-time regex matching and highlighting.

🔍 Search Workspace

Keybinding: Ctrl+K Ctrl+G (Windows/Linux) / Cmd+K Cmd+G (macOS)

Search across all files in your workspace with blazing-fast performance.

📁 Search Files

Keybinding: Ctrl+K Ctrl+F (Windows/Linux) / Cmd+K Cmd+F (macOS)

Fuzzy search for files in your workspace. Find files by name with intelligent matching and see file metadata in the context panel.

Configuration

Context Size

quickFind.contextSize (number, default: 7)

Controls how many lines of context are shown around each search result. Set the number of lines to show before and after each match (0-20). This setting controls both the content displayed in the context panel and its height, adapting automatically to show more or less context as needed.

Search Performance Options

• quickFind.maxFileSize (string, default: "1MB"): Maximum file size for search operations. Supports units like '500KB', '1MB', '2GB'.
• quickFind.maxResults (number, default: 1000): Maximum number of search results to display (1-10000).

Requirements

• VSCode: Version 1.74.0 or higher

Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts

You can customize the keyboard shortcuts for this extension:

1. Open VS Code settings (Ctrl+, or Cmd+,)
2. Go to Keyboard Shortcuts (Ctrl+K Ctrl+S or Cmd+K Cmd+S)
3. Search for "QuickFind" to find the extension commands
4. Click the pencil icon next to any command to change its keybinding
5. Set your preferred key combination

Available commands:

• QuickFind: Search in Current File (default: Ctrl+K Ctrl+T / Cmd+K Cmd+T)
• QuickFind: Search in Current Folder (default: Ctrl+K Ctrl+G / Cmd+K Cmd+G)
• QuickFind: Search Files (default: Ctrl+K Ctrl+F / Cmd+K Cmd+F)

For installation instructions, changelog, detailed usage, development setup, releases, and contribution guidelines, see README_DEVELOPERS.md.