Separate field for folder in file search

[SebastianZ]

Issue Type: Feature Request

The global search should have a separate field for the folder(s) to search in. That makes it possible to independently specify the files to search for and by that simplifies the UI.

Use case: I want to search for files with specific extensions in several different folders. To do so I currently have to write something like this:

/path/to/folder1/*.foo, /path/to/folder1/*.bar, /path/to/folder2/*.foo, /path/to/folder2/*.bar, /path/to/folder3/*.foo, /path/to/folder3/*.bar

With this feature, I'd enter "*.foo, *.bar" in the files field and "/path/to/folder1/, /path/to/folder2/, /path/to/folder3/" in the folders field.

Sebastian

VS Code version: Code 1.38.0 (3db7e09, 2019-09-03T21:49:13.459Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362

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[SebastianZ]

A use case that would also be solved by having separated fields, which currently doesn't seem to be possible:

Search by file names in different folders recursively.
Say, I want to search in two different directories including all their subdirectories within specific files, then this seems currently not to be possible.

So, taking the example above, "*.foo, *.bar" in the files field and "/path/to/folder1/, /path/to/folder2/, /path/to/folder3/" in the folders field would ideally differ from the current /path/to/folder1/*.foo, /path/to/folder1/*.bar, /path/to/folder2/*.foo, /path/to/folder2/*.bar, /path/to/folder3/*.foo, /path/to/folder3/*.bar in that files would also be searched in subdirectories of folder1, folder2, and folder3.

I've just created a question on Stack Overflow at https://stackoverflow.com/q/60053690/432681 asking whether that's actually possible with the current implementation.

Sebastian

[ArturoDent]

See my comment/answer on SO about using a globstar so that

/path/to/folder1/**/*.foo, /path/to/folder1/**/*.bar etc. would search in all subdirectories of the folder1 to whatever depth within files with either the foo or bar extension. Seems to work in my testing. If I am correct that is what you are trying to accomplish.

https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob#glob-primer

** If a "globstar" is alone in a path portion, then it matches zero or more directories and subdirectories searching for matches. It does not crawl symlinked directories.

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