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Find Tool Window

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

The results of each search are displayed in a separate tab, or replace the contents of the current tab, depending on the Open in new tab dialog setting. By default the 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

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Options
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F7

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

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Rerun
N/A

Repeat the last search.

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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.

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Pin Tab

Click this button to pin or unpin the current tab. You may need to pin a tab to prevent it from closing automatically when the maximum number of tabs is reached in this window.

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Recent find usages
Ctrl+E

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

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Expand all
Ctrl+NumPad Plus
Collapse all
Ctrl+NumPad -

Use these buttons to have all nodes expanded or collapsed.

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Previous/next occurrence
Ctrl+Alt+Up
Ctrl+Alt+Down

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

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Autoscroll to source

Turns the Autoscroll to source option on or off. When the option is on and you select the search result, the corresponding source file opens in the editor and the appropriate fragment is highlighted in the file.

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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.

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Help
F1

Use this icon or shortcut to open the corresponding help page.

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Group by usage type
Ctrl+T

This button is available for Find Usages only.
If this button is pressed, the search results are grouped by the following categories:
    groupByTestProduction

    Group by test/production

    If this button is pressed, the usages are grouped according to the Production and Test scopes.

    groupByModule

    Group by module
    Ctrl+D

    If this button is pressed, the found usages show under the corresponding module or library node.
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    Group by package
    Ctrl+P

    If this button is pressed, all the usages found are displayed under their respective packages.

    groupByFileStructure

    Group by file structure
    Ctrl+M

    If this toggle is on, the found usages are shown under the corresponding method nodes.

    mergeUsages

    Merge usages from the same line
    Ctrl+F

    If this toggle is on, the duplicate usages found on the same line are merged.

    showReadAccess

    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.

    showWriteAccess

    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.

    showImportStatements

    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.

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    Preview usages

    Turns showing the Preview pane on or off.

    sortAlphabetically

    Sort members alphabetically

    Click this button to have all members sorted alphabetically. Otherwise, members are sorted in the order they are declared.

    Context menu commands

    Item

    Shortcut

    Description

    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

    DeleteExclude 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

    Ctrl+E

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

    Last modified: 27 November 2018

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