In v8.1.3 through v8.3.2, once the dialog was active and in focus, hitting the keystrokes would switch between the tabs on that dialog however, these versions of Notepad++ would not re-center the dialog if you hit Ctrl+F again. Note: Prior to v8.1.3, doing any of those keystrokes ( Ctrl+F, Ctrl+H, Ctrl+Shift+F, or Ctrl+M) once would open the Find dialog or bring it into focus from the main dialog, hitting Ctrl+F would re-center the dialog (no matter which tab of the dialog you were on) but you could not use the shortcuts for the other tabs to switch between the tabs. It can be invoked directly with Search > Mark or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M. Mark tab: Allows you to highlight all occurrences of the search target in the current document permanently. It can be invoked over the context menu of the first line of a Project Panel. It can be invoked directly with Search > Find in Files or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F.įind in Projects tab: Similar to Find in Files, but Project Panel files are used instead of files from a directory. The files used for the operation are specified by a directory. It can be invoked directly with Search > Replace or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+H.įind in Files tab: Allows you to search and replace in multiple files with one action. Replace tab: Similar to Find tab, but allows you to replace the matched text after it’s found.

It can be invoked directly with Search > Find or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F. This dialog box has one tab for each of the following features:įind tab: Gives access to searching and counting. You can see the active shortcut for any menu item in the menu entry, or in the Shortcut Mapper. There are three main built-in search mechanisms: the standard (dialog-based) Find / Replace / Find In Files / Mark, the dialog-free Next / Previous search-navigation, and the Incremental Search.Īll keyboard shortcuts mentioned below are the default values, but are configurable in the Shortcut Mapper.

Generating a count of matches is also possible.

You can also mark search results with a bookmark on their lines, or highlight the textual results themselves. Sorry no one else had a chance to reply before I finally found a spare moment to go back through unanswered questions.There are multiple methods to search (and replace) text in files. When I read your post earlier this week, I had hoped someone else would chime in, because I was pretty busy.

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