Use search function

Search actions

Search

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + H

Opens the search dialog.

Search File

Opens the search dialog on the File search page:

In the Search dialog, the File Search tab allows you to search for files or text in the Workbench. You can bring up the Search dialog by clicking on the Search toolbar button:

Containing text - Type the expression for which you wish to do the text search. Leave this field empty to search for files. From the drop-down menu, you can choose to repeat or modify a recent search.

Wildcards - The available wildcards for search expressions are displayed in the search dialog:

"*" matches any set of characters, including the empty string
"?" matches for any character
"\" is the escape for a literal; if you want to search for an asterisk, question mark, or backslash character, type a backslash before it to indicate that you are not using these characters as wildcards (e.g., "\*", "\?", or "\\")

File name patterns - In this field, enter all the file name patterns for the files to find or search through for the specified expression.

Wildcards - The available wildcards for file name patterns are displayed in the search dialog:

"*" matches any set of characters, including the empty string
"?" matches for any character

Case Sensitive - Turn this option on if you want the text search to be case-sensitive.

Scope - Choose the scope of your search. You can either search the whole workspace, pre-defined working sets or previously selected resources.

Search Help

Opens the search dialog on the Help search page:

Search Java

Opens the search dialog on the Java search page:

This tab in the Search dialog allows you to search for Java elements.

Search string - In this field, type the expression for which you wish to search, using the wildcard characters mentioned in the dialog as needed. This field is initialized based on the current selection. From the drop-down menu, you can choose to repeat (or modify) a recent search. Select the Case sensitive field to force a case aware search. Case sensitive is enabled when a custom search string is entered.

Search for - Select to search for one of the following kinds of elements:

Type
Method
Package
Constructor
Field

Limit to group - Select to limit your search results to one of the following kinds of matches:

Declarations
Implementors (available only when searching for types)
References
All Occurrences
Read Access (available only when searching for fields)
Write Access (available only when searching for fields)

Scope - Select to limit your search results to one of the following scope:

Workspace
Selected Resources
Working Sets. Press Choose to select or create a working set.

Search view

This view displays the results of a search. Text searches will only search for expressions in files with extensions (file types) specified in the search dialog.

Toolbar

The toolbar in the Search view contains the following buttons:

Show Next Match

This command highlights the next match of the search expression in the editor area, opening the file if required.

Show Previous Match

This command highlights the previous match of the search expression in the editor area, opening the file if required.

Remove Selected Matches

Removes all highlighted matches from the search results.

Search

This command opens the Search dialog.

Previous Search Results

This command allows you to browse previously conducted searches and repeat a previous search. You can select a previous search from the drop-down menu or clear the search history.