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.

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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.

• Group by directory Ctrl+P: 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: turns grouping usages by categories on or off.

• 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.

Show $this/self references

This button is available for Find Usages only. By default, PhpStorm filters out usages of the class where some of its members are accessed via $this-> or self:: references. If this button is pressed, such usages are included is search results.

Preview Usages

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

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. PhpStorm 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.