Find Tool Window
Alt+3
Basics
The Find tool window displays the results of the following searches:
- Find/Replace in Path
- Find Usages
- Structural Search and Replace
Find Usages of a data source, a table, or a column.
The Usages pane appears in the Dependencies Viewer, when an entry is selected in the Parent Code pane.
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, Structural Replace, and Refactoring Preview operations.
Toolbar buttons
Item | Tooltip and Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Options | 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 button to execute the modified search query. |
| Rerun | Repeat the last search. This button is not available for viewing code coverage results . |
| Close | Close the current tab or the tool window. This button is not available in Replace in Path and Refactoring Preview dialogs. |
| 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. |
| Recent find usages | Show the list of recent searches. Select an item in the list to see the search results. |
| Expand all | Use these buttons to have all nodes expanded or collapsed. |
| Previous/next occurrence | Navigate to the previous/next element in the tab of results. |
| 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. |
| Export to Text File | 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. |
| Group by usage type | This button is available for Find Usages only. If this button is pressed, the search results are grouped by the following categories:
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 | Group by test/production | If this button is pressed, the usages are grouped according to the Production and Test scopes. |
| Group by module | If this button is pressed, the found usages show under the corresponding module or library node. |
 | Flatten modules | If this icon is selected, all the modules are displayed as a single-level tree view. |
 | Group by package | If this button is pressed, all the usages found are displayed under their respective packages. |
| Group by file structure | If this toggle is on, the found usages are shown under the corresponding method nodes. |
 | Merge usages from the same line | If this toggle is on, the duplicate usages found on the same line are merged. |
| Show read access | This button is available for Find Usages only. |
| Show write access | This button is available for Find Usages only. |
| Show import statements | This button is available for Find Usages only. |
| Preview usages | Turns showing the Preview pane on or off. |
| Sort members alphabetically | Click this button to have all members sorted alphabetically. Otherwise, members are sorted in the order they are declared. |
Do Replace All | Alt+D | Click this button to replace all occurrences in the current tab of results. |
Replace Selected | Alt+L | Click this button to replace the selected occurrence in the current tab of results. |
Do Refactor | Alt+D | Click this button to perform refactoring on all occurrences in the current search results. |
Cancel | Alt+C | Click this button to discard search results and close the results tab. |
Replace All | Click this button to replace all found occurrences. | |
Replace Selected | Click this button to replace the highlighted occurrence. | |
Preview Replacement | Click this button to show how the changes will apply to the selected node in the Find tool window. In this case, the corresponding occurrence is highlighted in the source code. | |
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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 | 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 | Ctrl+E | Show the list of recent searches. Select an item in the list to see the search results. |
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