6.6 Searching and replacing

The IDE allows you to search for text in the active editor window. To search for text, one of the following can be done:

1. Select ”Search—Find” in the menu.
2. Press Ctrl-Q F.

After that, the dialog shown in figure (6.7) will pop up, and the following options can be entered:

Text to find

The text to be searched for. If a block was active when the dialog was started, the first line of this block is proposed.

Case sensitive

When checked, the search is case sensitive.

Whole words only

When checked, the search text must appear in the text as a complete word.

Direction

The direction in which the search must be conducted, starting from the specified origin.

Scope

Specifies if the search should be on the whole file, or just the selected text.

Origin

Specifies if the search should start from the cursor position or the start of the scope.

After the dialog has closed, the search is performed using the given options.

A search can be repeated (using the same options) in one of 2 ways:

1. Select ”Search—Search again” from the menu.
2. Press Ctrl-L.

It is also possible to replace occurrences of a text with another text. This can be done in a similar manner to searching for a text:

1. Select ”Search—Replace” from the menu.
2. Press Ctrl-Q A.

A dialog, similar to the search dialog will pop up, as shown in figure (6.8).

In this dialog, in addition to the things that can be entered in the search dialog, the following things can be entered:

New text

Text that will replace the found text.

Prompt on replace

Before a replacement is made, the IDE will ask for confirmation.

If the dialog is closed with the ’OK’ button, only the next occurrence of the search text will be replaced. If the dialog is closed with the ’Change All’ button, all occurrences of the search text will be replaced.