Searching in the Menu Manager

You can search the Menu Manager Actions and Menus preference page to locate specific actions, menus, or command strings.

About this task

For a quick display of all your Menu Manager actions and submenus in a context menu, you can press Ctrl+Alt+E (on Windows) or Command+Option+E (on macOS). You can change the key binding for this combination in the Preferences menu.

Procedure

To search for an action or menu by name or for a specific command string, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Window (on Windows) or IBM® Developer for z/OS® (on macOS) > Preferences.
    The Preferences window opens.
  2. In the Preferences window, double-click Menu Manager, and select Actions and Menus.
    The Actions and Menus preference window opens.
  3. Click Find.
    The Find view opens.
  4. In the Enter a search string field, do any of the following steps:
    • Type the name of the action that you want to find. For example, Rename.
    • Type the name of the menu that you want to find. For example, Web Services Actions.
    • Type the command string that you want to find. For example, notepad &DPN.
    You can use wildcard characters in your search string. For example, Load* to find all entries that begin with Load.
    A list of search results is displayed. To clear the list of search results, click Clear (Clear).
  5. From the list of search results, select the result that you want to view, and then click Open.

Results

If you select a menu, the contents of that menu are displayed in the Actions and Menus tabs. If you select an action or command string, the Properties window opens, displaying the properties for the selected item.