Use this preference page to specify default characteristics for find operations.
Option |
Description |
Default |
Case sensitive | Specifies whether find operations should respect or ignore character case. | Off |
Whole word | If selected, it restricts the search to whole words. Words consist of letters, digits, and underscores. | Off |
Regular expression | If selected, the search string will be treated as a regular expression pattern. | Off |
Wrap | If selected, searches all the text in the current document, including that preceding the cursor position. If you do not select this option, text is searched, depending on search direction, only until the beginning or end of the document. | On |
Emphasize found text | If selected, the found text is highlighted. | On |
Select found text | If selected, the found text is selected. | Off |
Selection restricted search | If selected, find operations will look for the search item only in the marked text selection of the current document view. | Off |
Column restricted search | If selected, restricts the scope of your search to certain columns. To set the column boundaries of your search, enter values in the Start column and End column fields. | Off |
Find text | Specifies a default text string to search for. | |
Replace text | Specifies a default text string with which to replace found text. | |
Incremental find dialog | Specifies whether the find dialog is in incremental find mode. | On |
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