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Desktop IDE Plugins

Koders IDE Plugins enable software developers to perform Koders searches directly from within the Eclipse or Visual Studio development environments by extending the reach of the Koders.com open source code index to the desktop. Koders offers plugins for Eclipse 3.2 and above, as well as Visual Studio 2003 and 2005/2008.

Search Koders.com faster without a browser

  • The Koders search panel is displayed as a toolbar component within the IDE
  • Search directly from the editor by right clicking on a term
  • Localize the plugins for additional languages
eclipse plugin
Plugin for Eclipse 3.x
studio plugin
Plugin for Visual Studio 2005/2008
Let SmartSearch™ work for you
  • SmartSearch™ finds and recommends existing source code in real-time
  • SmartSearch™ runs transparently in the background, as you work.
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Koders IDE Plugin Downloads and Instructions

Please refer to the installation instructions in these Release Notes.

IDE Platform Version Plugin Download or Eclipse Update Manager URL
Visual Studio 2005/2008 1.1 KodersAddinVS2005_2008-1.1.836.msi
Visual Studio 2003 1.0 N/A
Eclipse 3.2/3.3 (archived site) 1.1 KodersSearchEclipse-1.1.826.zip
Eclipse 3.2/3.3 (remote site) 1.1 http://www.koders.com/downloads/IDEplugins/Eclipse/site.xml
Mozilla Firefox Search Plugins

These are search plugins created for the excellent Mozilla Firefox browser. There is a plugin for each language and plugin for all languages. Select a language from the list then click 'Install Search Plugin' and you will be prompted to install the plugin.

 

Add Source Code Search to Your Site

You can easily add source code search to your site. Choose the format that works best for your site, then copy the provided HTML into your web pages.

Standard

The most complete option - this search allows users to specify language and license filters. Best option for horizontal layouts.
  Width: 265
  Height: 60
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Vertical - Extended

Vertical layout including the language filter. Can be used in both horizontal and vertical layouts.
  Width: 120
  Height: 60
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Vertical - Basic

The simplest search option can be used in both horizontal and vertical layouts.
  Width: 120
  Height: 42
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Project searches

You can scope a search to a project by using the "koders_search_scope" parameter. Any of the above search boxes can be scoped. Below is an example of a search box scoped to the Apache 2 HTTPD project. Try it out!
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Here's how to get the project key:
  1. Go to the project page you want to scope. For example, go to http://www.koders.com/info.aspx?c=ProjectInfo&pid=6VUZEZ9VEGD9F4VAKR2815PNQF
  2. Take out the value for the "pid" parameter. In the above url, the pid value is "6VUZEZ9VEGD9F4VAKR2815PNQF".
  3. Insert the key into the "koders_search_scope" parameter of the search box.