Search and Replace - Multiple Files
Searching
To open the search panel for files, press Ctrl + Shift + F. You can use thekeyboard to control some search panel options and search actions:
| Toggle Regular Expressions | Alt + R |
| Toggle Case Sensitivity | Alt + C |
| Toggle Exact matches | Alt + W |
| Find Next | Enter |
Search Scope
The Where field in the search panel determines search scope. You candefine scopes in several ways:
- Adding individual directories (Unix-style paths, even on Windows)
- Adding/excluding files based on a pattern
- Adding symbolic locations (<open folders>, <open files>)
It is also possible to combine these filters using commas; for example:
/C/Users/Joe/Top Secret,-*.html,<open files>
Press the ... button in the search panel to display a menu containingthese options.
Results Format
In the search panel, you can customize the display of results with the followingoptions:
- Show in Separate Buffer/Output Panel
- Show Context
Navigating Results
If the search yields matches, you can move through the sequence using thefollowing key bindings:
| Next Match | F4 |
| Previous Match | Shift + F4 |