Find in Projects Dialog

This dialog searches projects for instances of specified text or a regular expression.

This dialog contains the following fields:

Element Description

Containing Text

In this field, type or paste the text or regular expression. Click the down arrow for a drop-down list of previously used search expressions.

    Match Case

Search only for instances of the text or expression that match the exact upper and lower case characters entered in the Containing Text field.

    Whole Words

Search only for whole words. Ignore longer words that are made up in part of the text in the Containing Text field.

    Match

Select string options in the dropdown list.

        Literal

Select this option to search for the exact string.

        Basic Wildcards

Select this option to use wildcards when searching for the string. The allowable wildcards are displayed below the text field.

        Regular Expression

Indicates that the entry in the containing text field is a regular expression. Click test, and another search dialog opens where you can search for one text pattern.

Scope

The scope of projects to search. You can either search the projects you selected in the Projects window or all open projects.

    Search in Archives

Select this option to include JAR, ZIP and other archive files in the search scope.

    Search in Generated Sources

Select this option to include generated source files in the search scope.

File Name Pattern

The pattern of file names, such as *.html, to search through.

    Use Ignore List

Select this option to use a list of files to ignore when performing the search. Click edit to open a dialog where you can add or remove files and file paths from the ignore list.

    File Path Regular Expression

Select this option to use regular expressions to specify the path to the file as displayed in the example below the text field. Click test, and another search dialog opens where you can search for one text pattern.

Open in New Tab

When selected the results of the search are opened in a new tab of the Search Results window.


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