You can search for specific text within the active editor window. You select the text to locate and then perform a search. You can also perform the same search repeatedly to find subsequent matches in the window. The IDE applies the current criteria during each search to locate matching text.

For more information about opening files, see "Opening an Existing File".

To find text in the active editor window, follow these steps:

1. Select an instance of the text to find.

For example, to locate all occurrences of the text main in the active editor window, select an existing occurrence of the text main.

2. Choose Search > Find Selection.

Starting at the current text-insertion point location, the IDE searches the active editor window to locate the next occurrence of the search text. If successful, the IDE selects the matching text and displays that text in the editor window. If unsuccessful, the IDE beeps.

You can find the next or previous occurrence of the search text in the active editor window. Use one of the following techniques:

• Choose Search > Find Next to locate the next occurrence of matching text
• Choose Search > Find Previous to locate the previous occurrence of matching text

You can repeatedly choose the Find Next or Find Previous menu commands to continue searching for other matches. The IDE beeps after failing to locate additional occurrences.