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| <h3>Starting a search</h3> |
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| <p>Text strings can be searched for in the Workbench as follows:</p> |
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| <li>In the Workbench toolbar, click the search button <img src="../images/Image50_search.png" alt="Search button" border="0">.</li> |
| <li>In the <b>Containing text</b> field, type in: <i>it</i> <br> |
| The combo box for the <b>Containing text</b> field also displays a list of |
| recently performed searches to select from.<br> |
| <img src="../images/Image51_search_it.png" alt="Search dialog" border="0"></li> |
| <li> The <b>Case sensitive</b> checkbox can be selected or deselected depending |
| on whether or not a case sensitive or insensitive search is to be performed. |
| You can also select the <b>Regular expression</b> checkbox to enable more powerful searching |
| capabilities. To see what is available in regular expression mode, you can hit |
| Ctrl-Space over the text field to get content assistance that lists the possibilities. |
| For this example, just check the <b>Case sensitive</b> box to search for lowercase |
| "<i>it</i>".</li> |
| <li> The kinds of files to include in the search can be specified in the <b>File |
| name patterns</b> field. Click <b>Choose...</b> to open the Select Types dialog. |
| This dialog provides a quick way to select from a list of registered extensions. |
| <blockquote><img src="../images/Image51_choose_ext.png" alt="Type Selection Dialog" border="0"></blockquote> |
| For the moment, the search will be confined to .txt files. Ensure *.txt is |
| checked and click <b>OK</b>.</li> |
| <li>In the <b>Scope</b> field, specify the files and folders to include in the |
| search. The choices are: the entire workspace, the currently selected resources |
| in the Workbench, or a working set which is a named, customized group of files |
| and folders. Leave the scope as workspace.</li> |
| <li> Use the <b>Customize</b> button to choose what kinds of searches are available |
| in the dialog. This setting may be left unchanged.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>Search</b>. At this point, the Search view will be made visible, |
| and it will begin to fill in with the results of the search. The stop button |
| in the Search view can be clicked to cancel the search while it is in progress. |
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| <li>Observe that the Search view displays: |
| <blockquote> <img src="../images/Image51_search_view.png" alt="Search view" border="0"></blockquote> |
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| <p> The next section will describe how to work with the Search view.</p> |
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