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Is it possible to have multiple searches in Visual Studio Code?

To search on:

  • term A have the results in one search window
  • and then search on term B and have the results in another window

and always have these two windows visible (like in Visual Studio).

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Here's how do to this currently VSCode(1.51.0):

  1. Open the search panel on the left
  2. On the top there is a + Document icon (second from the right)

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  1. Click this - it will open a search window as a editor tab.
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almost perfect, if it could use the search panel to display results instead of opening an editor. I really like the old visual studio search 'result 1', 'result 2' ...tabs. oh well.
You can add a Keyboard Shortcut (Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts) for the action search.action.openNewEditor (e.g. ALT + F) instead of doing this manually.
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This is an open issue on the GitHub repo, and is on the roadmap for 2019.

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Well, it's still showing on the 2020 Roadmap (made at the end of 1019) but the legend says this is completed (has a checkmark, not a bullet, running guy, etc.) but I still can't figure out how to do this, and found my question already asked here. "Find Refs" must be considered a separate feature from "Search"?
In the linked issue, there is a link to release notes which explains how to achieve this

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