Find and replace

1. Edit > Find and replace > Find in current editor..., Find in entire project..., Replace in current editor..., or Replace in entire project...
2. Enter the string you want to locate in the search field and, if needed, enter the new string in the replace field

   Use the toggle icon Ú to switch from Find to Find and replace and vice versa

3. Select search options

   Use the icons in the Find / Find and replace dialog to select the following options:

   • Match case

   • Match whole word

   • Search in comments

   • Activating/deactivating wildcards or regular expressions:

     	Search with wildcards: Use wildcards
     	Search with regular expressions: Use regular expressions

   • Find previous

   • Find next

   • Find all

   • Replace next

   • Replace all

   • Select up to three find results panes

   • Keep previous find results and prepend new results in the find result pane

4. Specify search location. e.g. Current editor
5. Select result pane number in case of Find all or Replace all

   The result of the search/replace operation is output in a numbered result pane

6. Specify whether to clear or to prepend the found output results
   Activated icon : search results are prepended to previous search results. If deactivated, search result is cleared for next search.

Find

7. Select Find next <F3> or Find previous<Shift>+<F3> or Find all<Alt>+<F3> to start the search.

Replace

8. Select Replace next<Alt>+<R> to start replacement step by step or Replace all<Alt>+<A> to complete replacement in the selected location.
   Tip

   A variable can be renamed without searching and replacing. In the editor, select the variable, open the context menu, select Modify variable and enter a new variable name.