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| <h1>Starting a search</h1> |
| <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/search.svg" 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></li> |
| <li>The <b>Case sensitive</b> checkbox can be selected or unselected 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. 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.</li> |
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| <p>The next section will describe how to work with the Search view.</p> |
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