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Free Visual Studio Add-in: SonicFileFinder

SonicFileFinderBoxI came across a great free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 called SonicFileFinder. The premise is simple, hit a hotkey and a popup (or tool window if you prefer) displays all the files in your project. Type the name, hit enter and the file comes up in the editor. The interface is clean and overall works a lot better than the other add-in I had been using for this. The only thing missing is a class browser, but I rarely use that since my filenames reflect the classes contained in them.

I’m going to be compiling my list of favorite development tools and add-ins in the near future so check back for that.

  • Visual Studio already does this without an addin, but it is a big secret ;)

    In the toolbar, start type >of in the find window, then start typing the filename you are looking for. An autocomplete list of all files in your project will come up that you can select from. Select, hit enter and up pops the file in the editor!
  • John
    Great tip!
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