## Problem to solve The current instance (as of GitLab 15.7) of the Web IDE is limited to searching within a single file. In the Web IDE Beta, based on VS Code, you can search across all files open in the current context (tabs open in the active browser window). That's an improvement but it's still not enough to meet the expectations of a developer trying to refactor code or someone trying to find all instances of a certain string in a project. ## Goal Allow true "Find in Project" support in the Web IDE ## Details The limitation is around what the browser knows about the file system. If we try and download the entire project to memory, larger projects could see dramatic performance degradation.