In VS Code file searching, can I expand all results?
See this setting:
search.collapseResults: alwaysExpand
The options are auto
,alwaysCollapse
, and alwaysExpand
. auto
is the default.
auto
: Files with less than 10 results are expanded. Others are collapsed.
So you want the alwaysExpand
option.
You can also toggle any file expanded/collapsed with the Space key or just expand any collapsed file with RightArrow.
Collapse with LeftArrow and collapse all with Ctrl+LeftArrow. Oddly, there is no expandAll
binding or command.
v1.41 is making expanded search results the default, see https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_41.md#search
Expand all search results by default
Previously, if a full text search returned more than 10 results in a single file, it would appear collaped in the results tree. However, this sometimes made finding a particular result difficult, so with this release all results will appear expanded. You can set
search.collapseResults
toauto
to revert to the old behaviour.
And see Visual Studio Code - Include context in search results for showing the search results in an editor.