How do I expand all files and folders in Visual Studio Solution Explorer

Question

There's a button to collapse all, and I use it often. Sometimes, rarely, I want to expand everything, but there's no button for that.

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 22 '22 at 08:21

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Click on the solution in the Solution Explorer and type * on the numeric keypad.

This also works for projects or even just folders inside a project.

edited Oct 22 '22 at 08:21

Iain Holder

answered Dec 09 '21 at 22:04

Kevon

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Thanks for the answer. You have to use * on the numeric keypad. – Scott Sep 21 '22 at 18:38
@Scott Thanks Scott. I was hitting shift+8 for a while there so I've added your essential note to the answer. – Iain Holder Oct 22 '22 at 08:23

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