Find Tool Window
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Basics
Find tool window displays 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 |
|---|---|---|
 | 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 button to execute the modified search query. |
 | Rerun Ctrl+F5 | Rerun the last search. This button is not available for viewing code coverage results. |
 | 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. |
 | Pin | Use to pin or unpin the tab. If a tab is pinned, the results for the next command are shown on a new tab. |
 | Recent find usages Ctrl+E | Show the list of recent searches. Select an item in the list to see the search results. |
  | Expand all Ctrl+NumPad Plus Collapse all Ctrl+NumPad - | Use these buttons to have all nodes expanded or collapsed. |
  | Previous/next occurrence Ctrl+Alt+Up Ctrl+Alt+Down | 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. |
 | Favorites | Click this button to add found usages to favorites. |
 | 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. |
 | Help F1 | Use this icon or shortcut to open the corresponding help page. |
 | 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:
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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 Ctrl+D | If this button is pressed, the found usages show under the corresponding module or library node. This type of grouping is helpful, when a package is split between several modules. |
 | Group by package Ctrl+P | If this button is pressed, all the usages found are displayed under their respective packages. |
 | Group by file structure Ctrl+M | If this toggle is on, the found usages are shown under the corresponding method nodes. |
 | Merge usages from the same line Ctrl+F | If this toggle is on, the duplicate usages found on the same line are merged. |
 | 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 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 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. |
 | 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. |
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 | Alt+Delete | 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. |
| Add to Favorites | Add selected node to the Favorites list. |
Last modified: 26 March 2018