2.4. Search menu

Search

Displays the Search tool configured for a search session from the current caret position[7] to the end of the document.

Search Backwards

Displays the Search tool configured for a search session from the current caret position[7] to the beginning of the document.

Replace

Displays the Search tool configured for a search/replace session from the current caret position[7] to the end of the document.

Replace Backwards

Displays the Search tool configured for a search/replace session from the current caret position[7] to the beginning of the document.

Find Next

Search last searched string from the current caret position to the end of the document. The Search tool is not displayed because it is not needed to perform this operation.

Find Previous

Search last searched string from the current caret position to the beginning of the document. The Search tool is not displayed because it is not needed to perform this operation.

Find Element

Displays the Find Element dialog box. This dialog box allows to select nodes specified using an XPath expression. This dialog box has a Simple tab which allows to perform most common search tasks without having to learn XPath. Arbitrarily complex XPath expressions are specified using the Advanced tab.

Keyboard shortcut: Esc f (F like Find).

2.4.1. Bookmark menu

Set/Clear

If the caret is located on a bookmark, remove this bookmark. Otherwise, add a bookmark at caret position.

Keyboard shortcut: Esc b (B like Bookmark).

Clear All

Remove all bookmarks, if any.

Go to Last Visited or Go Back

Move the caret to the last visited bookmark. If the caret is already located on the last visited bookmark, move the caret back to its initial position. This menu item allows to move back and forth from the place where a user is typing some text to the last visited bookmark.

What is the last visited bookmark?

  • The last visited bookmark is the bookmark last selected using the menu items described below.

  • A newly added bookmark is automatically made the last visited bookmark.

Keyboard shortcut: Esc j (J like Jump).

Go to Preceding

Move the caret to the bookmark whose position in the document is before the caret. That makes this bookmark the last visited one (see Go to Last Visited or Go Back).

Go to Following

Move the caret to the bookmark whose position in the document is after the caret. That makes this bookmark the last visited one (see Go to Last Visited or Go Back).

Below the above menu items, a menu item is added for the last nine bookmark which have been added to the document being edited. Selecting a menu item moves to caret to the corresponding bookmark and thus, makes it the last visited bookmark (see Go to Last Visited or Go Back).



[7] Turning off the "Start from current caret position" option allows to start searching from the beginning of the document (or from the end of the document depending on the Direction option).