Find in Projects Dialog Box
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The Find in Projects dialog box lets you search 
projects for instances of specified text or a regular 
expression.
To open the Find in Projects dialog box, choose Edit > 
Find in Projects, or right-click a 
project in the Projects window and choose Find.
The Find in Projects dialog box contains two tabs, 
Default Search and Grep. 
The Default Search tab uses the default search utility. 
The Grep tab uses the grep 
utility, which provides a faster search, especially for 
remote projects.
Default Search tab
- 
Containing Text. In this field, type or paste 
the text or regular expression for which you want to search, 
or select an expression from the drop-down list of previously used search 
expressions.
- Match Case. Select this checkbox to search 
for only instances of the 
text or expression that match the exact upper and lower 
case characters entered in the Containing Text field.
- 
Whole Words. Select this checkbox to search for  
only whole words, and ignore 
longer words that are made up in part of the text in 
the Containing Text field
- 
Regular Expression. Select this checkbox if the 
entry in the containing text field is a regular 
expression. Click test to open the File Path Pattern 
dialog box, where you can search for a specific text 
pattern.
 
- 
Scope. Specify the scope of projects to search. You 
can either search the projects you selected in the 
Projects window or all open projects.
File Name Patterns. Type the pattern of file names, 
such as *.html, to search through, or select a pattern from 
the drop-down list of previously used patterns.
- 
Search in Archives. Select this checkbox to 
include JAR, ZIP and other 
archive files in the search scope.
- 
Search in Generated Sources. Select this checkbox 
to include generated 
source files in the search scope.
- 
Use Ignore List. Select this checkbox to use a list of files to ignore 
when performing the search. Click edit to open the List 
of Ignored Folders and Path Patterns dialog box, 
where you can add or remove files and file paths from 
the ignore list.
- 
Regular Expression. Select this checkbox if the entry in 
the file name pattern field is a regular expression. 
Click test to open the File Path Pattern 
dialog box, where you can search for a specific text pattern.
Grep tab
- 
Regexpr to find. In this field, type or paste 
the regular expression for which you want to search, using 
grep syntax, 
or select an expression from the drop-down list of 
previously used search 
expressions. 
- Match Case. Select this checkbox to search 
for only instances of the 
text or expression that match the exact upper and lower 
case characters entered in the Regexpr to find field.
- 
Whole Words. Select this checkbox to search for  
only whole words, and ignore 
longer words that are made up in part of the text in 
the Regexpr to find field
 
- 
Search Scope. Specify the scope of projects or files to search. You 
can choose from the list to search the projects you selected in the 
Projects window, or all open projects, or browse for a local or remote file or project.
- 
Filename Pattern. Type the pattern of file names, 
such as *.html, to search through, or select a pattern from 
the drop-down list of previously used patterns.
- Open in New Tab.Select this checkbox to open a new tab to show the search results. If you do not select this option, previous search results are replaced with the new search results. 
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