You can use the Find in Files window to find and replace text across multiple files using several multi-file search options. For example, you can instruct the IDE to search only in particular folders or projects. For more information, see "Finding and Replacing Text in Multiple Files".
Table 6.2 describes the tabs on the Find in Files window that contain multi-file search options.
Find in Files Window Tabs:|
This tab
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Contains options for searching these items
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This section contains the following topics:
Table 6.3 describes the multi-file search options on the In Folders tab.
In Folders Multi-file Search Options:|
Option
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Description
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Use this field to specify the path to the folder containing the files to search. | |
Enable this checkbox to search folders nested within the folder whose path appears in the Search in field. Disable the checkbox to ignore the nested folders. | |
Use this pop-up menu to choose a group of files to search. The By type field on the Windows-hosted IDE also performs the function of the Ends with field. | |
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The IDE remembers recent lists and displays them at the bottom of the By type pop-up menu. The Ends with field also shows the list of file-name extensions associated with each group in the By type pop-up menu. |
Table 6.4 describes the multi-file search options on the In Projects tab.
In Projects Multi-file Search Options:|
Option
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Description
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Use this pop-up menu to specify the build targets to search for the projects that you specified in the Project pop-up menu, as follows: | |
Enable this checkbox to search source-code files belonging to the projects that you specified in the Project pop-up menu. Disable the checkbox to disregard all source-code files during the search. | |
Enable this checkbox to search header and interface files belonging to the projects shown in the Project pop-up menu. Disable the checkbox to disregard all project header and interface files during the search. The file list at the bottom of the In Projects tab shows the files to be searched. You can select and delete individual files from this list. | |
Enable this checkbox to search system header and interface files belonging to the projects shown in the Project pop-up menu. Disable the checkbox to disregard all system header and interface files during the search. The file list at the bottom of the In Projects tab shows the files to be searched. You can select and delete individual files from this list. | |
Enable this checkbox to search cached sub-targets of the projects shown in the Project pop-up menu. The search criteria that you define for the projects also applies to the cached sub-targets. Disable the checkbox to disregard the cached sub-targets during the search. In this case, a cached sub-target has the following characteristics: |
The In Symbolics tab contains the Symbolics pop-up menu.
The file list at the bottom of the In Symbolics tab shows the files to search. You can select and delete individual files from this list.
The In Files tab contains the File Set pop-up menu.
Use this pop-up menu to specify sets of files to search, as follows:
The field at the bottom of the In Files tab lists the files to be searched. When using custom file sets, you can drag and drop appropriate files and folders into the field.