PhpStorm 2023.3 Help

Find tool window

The Find tool window displays the results of the following searches:

The Find tool window can contain several tabs. By default, search results are updated in the current tab on every search. To show the results of each search in a separate tab, right-click the tool window title bar, and then select View Options | Open Results in New Tab.

By default, the Find tool window appears at the bottom of the screen. It has a toolbar with a set of buttons, a pane of results, and additional buttons for Replace in Path, and Refactoring Preview operations.

Toolbar buttons

Item

Tooltip and Shortcut

Description

the Settings button

Options

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7

Click this button to open one of the Find Usages dialogs, which corresponds to the symbol. You can edit the search settings and click Rerun button to execute the modified search query.

the Rerun button

Rerun

Ctrl+F5

Repeat the last search. This button is not available for viewing code coverage results.

the Close button

Close

Ctrl+Shift+F4

Close the current tab or the tool window. This button is not available in Replace in Path and Refactoring Preview dialogs.

Expand all/Collapse all

Expand all

Ctrl+NumPad +

Collapse all

Ctrl+NumPad -

Use these buttons to have all nodes expanded or collapsed.

Previous occurrence/Next occurrence

Previous/next occurrence

Ctrl+Alt+Up

Ctrl+Alt+Down

Navigate to the previous/next element in the tab of results.

Group by

Group by

Click this icon to open the menu for the following grouping options:

  • File Structure Ctrl+S: select this option to display the found usages under the corresponding method nodes.

  • Module Ctrl+Alt+M: if you select this option, the found usages will show under the corresponding module or the library node.

  • Flatten ModulesAlt+O: select this option to display all the modules as a single-level tree view.

  • Group by directory Ctrl+P: select this option to show all the usages of a symbol under the directories where they are found.

  • Test/Production: select this option to group the usages according the Production and Test scopes.

  • Usage type Ctrl+T: turns grouping usages by categories on or off.

  • Merge Usages from the Same Line: select this option to merge the duplicate usages found on the same line.

Show read access

Show read access

Ctrl+R

This button is available for Find Usages only.

If this button is pressed, the search results include references to the read access methods.

Show write access

Show write access

Ctrl+W

This button is available for Find Usages only.

If this button is pressed, the search results include references to the write access methods.

Show import statements

Show import statements

Ctrl+I

This button is available for Find Usages only.

If this button is pressed, the search results include the usages in the import statements.

the Show $this/self references button

Show $this/self references

This button is available for Find Usages only. By default, PhpStorm filters out usages of the class where some of its members are accessed via $this-> or self:: references. If this button is pressed, such usages are included is search results.

the Preview Usages button

Preview Usages

Click this icon to open the Preview pane next to the search results.

Context menu commands

Item

Shortcut

Description

Rerun

Ctrl+F5

Run the action again and show the results on the same tab.

Jump to Source

F4

Navigate to the selected item in the source code.

Include

Insert

For an excluded item: include the item in the list of results.

Exclude

Delete

Exclude the selected item from the list of results. (Excluded items are shown strikethrough.)

When you carry out the Replace All or the Do Refactor command, the excluded items are not affected.

Remove

Ctrl+X

Remove the selected item from the list of results.

Recent Find Usages

Alt+Down

Show the list of recent searches. Select an item in the list to see the search results.

Export to Text File

Alt+O

Save the contents of the current result tab. In the Export preview dialog, specify the target file or copy information to the clipboard. Before saving, you can also modify the information to be saved.

Upper Toolbar buttons

Icon

Tooltip

Description

Show Options Menu

Show Options Menu

Click this icon to open a menu with more options for managing the tool window such as displaying or hiding side toolbars, group tabs, selecting viewing mode, resizing, and so on.

Hide

Hide

Hides the tool window. Press Alt+3 to restore it.

Last modified: 04 March 2024