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• Save my search regular expression conditions (#48881)
• Visual Studion code does not keep the old search results in the search pane or provide a drop down list of previous search phrases. (#12184)

@JacksonKearl This is still an upcoming feature, right? Can we expect it in the March or April releases?

@karlhorky We'll probably add either default or persistent options, but I don't have a specific timeline for it.

You can try out "search.searchEditor.experimental.reusePriorSearchConfiguration": true in tomorrow's insiders (not the next Insiders to be released but the one after it) and let me know what you think.

Going to let this cook as an experimental setting for a bit. If others come across this issue and this works, please upvote so I know it's desired, or comment if this doesn't work as you'd expect.

@JacksonKearl thanks!

Which issue should we give a thumbs-up to? Your comment with the configuration setting (#89353 (comment))?

I would suggest against using adamlogic's original description at the top: I think this would be misleading, since a lot of users upvote issues that they want implemented (not even knowing that it is already done), instead of meaning to upvote your implementation thereof.

You can try out "search.searchEditor.experimental.reusePriorSearchConfiguration": true in tomorrow's insiders (not the next Insiders to be released but the one after it) and let me know what you think.

Is this available yet (in Insiders)? I can't find that setting

@carlocardella its hidden - you’ll have to paste the json manually.

Took the setting out of experimental, now you'll be able to find it in the UI settings editor. Also related #95582, which allows you to pass args in the keybinding configuration:

    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+g",
        "command": "search.action.openNewEditor",
        "args": {
            "query": "${selectedText}",
            "filesToInclude": "${relativeFileDirname}"
        },
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }

Explicitly passed args override prior config.

Nice! This will appear for users in the stable May 2020 update?

Yes. And it will be out in the next Insiders release (today or Monday).

@JacksonKearl When using this, and running it with no text selected, I get '${selectedText}' can not be resolved. Make sure to have some text selected in the active editor.

Is there a way to define a single keybinding that can default to empty string if there is no text selected? Perhaps a ${selectedTextOrEmpty} variable?

    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+g",
        "command": "search.action.openNewEditor",
        "args": {
            "query": "${selectedTextOrEmpty}",
            "filesToInclude": "${relativeFileDirname}"
        },
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }

By default it will use your selectedText or the empty string, you don’t need to include anything for query

Just received the VS Code May 2020 (1.46) update and the configuration below works well, thanks @JacksonKearl !

"search.searchEditor.reusePriorSearchConfiguration": true