Find tool window

The Find tool window displays the results of the following searches:

Find/Replace in Path
Find Usages
Structural search and replace
Refactoring Preview
Find Usages of a data source, a table, or a column.

The Find tool window can contain several tabs. By default, search results are updated in the current tab on every search. To show the results of each search in a separate tab, right-click the tool window title bar, and then select View Options | Open Results in New Tab.

By default, the Find tool 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.

The Find tool window lets you work with search results.

Item	Tooltip and Shortcut	Description
	Settings	Click this button to edit the search settings.
	Rerun `Ctrl+F5`	Repeat the last search.
	Close `Ctrl+Shift+F4`	Close the current tab or the tool window.
	Pin Tab	Click this button to pin or unpin the current tab. You may need to pin a tab to prevent it from closing automatically when the maximum number of tabs is reached in this window.
/	Expand all `Ctrl+NumPad +` 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.
	Group by	Click this icon to open the menu for the following grouping options: File Structure `Ctrl+S`: toggles grouping by statements. Group by directory `Ctrl+P`: select this option to show all the usages of a symbol under the directories where they are found. Usage type `Ctrl+T`: turns grouping usages by categories on or off.
	Preview Usages	Turns showing the Preview pane on or off.

Context menu commands

Item	Shortcut	Description
Rerun	`Ctrl+F5`	Run the action again and show the results on the same tab.
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	`Ctrl+X`	Remove the selected item from the list of results.
Recent Find Usages	`Alt+Down`	Show the list of recent searches. Select an item in the list to see the search results.
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.

Upper Toolbar buttons

Icon	Tooltip	Description
	Show Options Menu	Click this icon to open a menu with more options for managing the tool window such as displaying or hiding side toolbars, group tabs, selecting viewing mode, resizing, and so on.
	Hide	Hides the tool window. Press `Alt+3` to restore it.

Last modified: 08 April 2024