Find tool window

Options

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7

Click this button to open one of the Find Usages dialogs, which corresponds to the symbol. You can edit the search settings and click Rerun button to execute the modified search query.

Rerun

Ctrl+F5

Repeat the last search. This button is not available for viewing code coverage results.

Close

Ctrl+Shift+F4

Close the current tab or the tool window. This button is not available in Replace in Path and Refactoring Preview dialogs.

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.

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Expand all

Ctrl+NumPad +

Collapse all

Ctrl+NumPad -

Use these buttons to have all nodes expanded or collapsed.

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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: select this option to display the found usages under the corresponding method nodes.

• Module Ctrl+Alt+M: if you select this option, the found usages will show under the corresponding module or the library node.

• Flatten ModulesAlt+O: select this option to display all the modules as a single-level tree view.

• Package Ctrl+P: select this option to display all the found usages under their respective packages.

• Directory Structure Ctrl+Alt+D: select this option to show all the usages of a symbol under the directories where they are found.

• Test/Production: select this option to group the usages according the Production and Test scopes.

• Usage type Ctrl+T: if this option is selected, the search results are grouped by the following categories:

  • instanceof

  • import

  • cast target type

  • extends/implements clause

  • class static member access

  • method throws list

  • .class

  • field declaration

  • local variable declaration

  • method parameter declaration

  • catch clause parameter declaration

  • method return type

  • delegates to another object instance

  • delegates to another object instance with different parameters

  • delegates to super

  • delegates to super with different parameters

  • recursive method calls

  • string constants

  • comments

  • unclassified usage not related to any of the categories

• Merge Usages from the Same Line: select this option to merge the duplicate usages found on the same line.

Show read access

Ctrl+R

This button is available for Find Usages only.

If this button is pressed, the search results include references to the read access methods.

Show write access

Ctrl+W

This button is available for Find Usages only.

If this button is pressed, the search results include references to the write access methods.

Show import statements

Ctrl+I

This button is available for Find Usages only.

If this button is pressed, the search results include the usages in the import statements.

Preview Usages

Click this icon to open the Preview pane next to the search results.

Do Replace All

Alt+D

Click this button to replace all occurrences in the current tab of results.

Replace Selected

Alt+L

Click this button to replace the selected occurrence in the current tab of results.

Do Refactor

Alt+D

Click this button to perform refactoring on all occurrences in the current search results.

Cancel

Alt+C

Click this button to discard search results and close the results tab.

Replace All

Click this button to replace all found occurrences.

Replace Selected

Click this button to replace the highlighted occurrence.

Preview Replacement

Click this button to show how the changes will apply to the selected node in the Find tool window. In this case, the corresponding occurrence is highlighted in the source code.

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

Ctrl+E

Show the list of recent searches. Select an item in the list to see the search results.

Add to Favorites

Add the selected node to the Favorites list.

You can also create the new favourites list and add the selected node to it. IntelliJ IDEA displays the created favourites list next to the Add to New Favourites List option.

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.