The search view can help users to find and replace text globally within the current workspace. The search result includes text files in the workspace including source files, configuration files, and log files. The search occurs inside of files, and does not search file names.
Figure 1. Search View
As shown in the image above, some of the features of the Search view
include the following:
- Match Case
- Match the case of the provided search string
- Match Whole Word
- Match only whole words
- Use Regular Expression
- use regular expression to define the search
- Include Ignored Files
- Restores ignored files to the search list
- Replace All
- When replace is enabled, replace all search results
- Toggle Search Details
- Expand Search view to add Files to Include and Files to Exclude fields
- Files to include
- Specify a list of files to restrict your search. The listed
files can include wildcards, and each entry must be separated by a comma.
For example, the following includes (or excludes) the AIECompiler.log file and all files with
summary in the
name:
AIECompiler.log, *summary* - Files to exclude
- Specify a list of files to restrict your search. See above for example.
- Clear Search Results
- Clear the search string, replace string, and search results
Tip: Be careful using the
Replace function, as it can introduce errors into your
designs.