Rider search is getting worse and worse 2026.1
In past few years rider search got much worse.
For example: Exact search shows everything except for the thing I'm looking for:
The class is very low and the file (which is also named SpecialPage) is even lower.
When I use search in files the result is even worse:
I'm using version 2026.1.1 on MAC. Anecdotally my colleagues on windows also noticed the same problem.
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Hello Mychalmotycka ,
Thank you for the feedback. I see your point.
Would you mind verifying if adjusting these advanced settings helps?
Have a nice day!
Turning off “Show recent files at the top” helped.
Turning off the machine learning and semantic search didn't do much.
I would actually like to see recent files in the search but I don't want it to take full priority over regular search. For now I have no other option but to turn it off… Hopefully this could be improved in future.
The find in files still shows results from csproj, sln and so on at the top. No matter the settings. I'm guessing that the settings provided are only for the find everywhere. It would be nice to use some machine learning or at least some simple prioritisation for this. Is there such option?
It's also funny that there is “Enable typo tolerant search everywhere” which seems to do absolutely nothing.
For example when I change single letter and there are literary no other results. It finds nothing. I would have guessed that this is the most basic scenario for such feature.
Hi, Mychalmotycka
Thanks for the follow-up. I’m glad the Show recent files at the top toggle helped, even if partially.
Your feedback about recent files contributing to ranking rather than dominate is appreciated and is something we are actively working on. The main tracking issue for this is internal. However, there is a public meta-issue tracking that you may follow for updates - IJPL-61966.
Typo tolerance not catching single-letter typos: The team is aware of this - RIDER-132157 is open and in progress, with a fix planned for the 2026.2 cycle.
Find in Files relevance, no smart ranking: Yes, the advanced settings you have been toggling only affect Search Everywhere, not Find in Files. Find in Files does not have an equivalent ranking layer today. I have filed two new reports in our issue tracker for your specific concerns:
.csproj,.sln, or generated files dominate the top of the result list over real code matches.Please follow these issues to get notified about updates and add any additional details in the comments. This article explains how to do that.
Thank you