Searching for all instances of a string within a file

You can search for all instances of a string within a file that is open in the Remote C/C++ Editor.

To find all instances of a string within a file that is open in the Remote C/C++ Editor, complete the following steps:

1. Right-click anywhere in the file to open the pop-up menu.
2. Select Find All to open the Find All dialog box.
   
3. In the Search String field, type the string that you want to search for.
   Tip: The five most recent search strings are saved as items in the Search String drop-down list. If applicable, you can select one of these search strings to use in your search.
4. In the Options section, select the checkboxes that are applicable to the search you want to perform:
   • Whole word - to specify that you only want the search string to match the editor content if the editor content is a whole word. For example, if the search string is str and the open file contains str and struct strings, only the str string will match the search string since the editor is only searching for whole words.
   • Case sensitive - to specify that you want the search to be case-sensitive.
   • Regular expression - to specify that you want to use a regular expression in the search string. When you select this checkbox, the Whole Word checkbox is disabled.
   • Incremental - to specify that you want the search to be incremental. As you type characters in the Search String field, the search is dynamically performed and you do not have to click Find All to start the search after specifying a search string. When you select this checkbox, the Scope section is disabled since the incremental search always searches the entire file and not selected text.
5. In the Scope section, click one of the following radio buttons:
   • All - to specify that you want to search all of the content within the file.
   • Selected text - to specify that you want to restrict the search to a particular region within the content of the file.
6. Specify the number of lines you want to see before and after each find match in the Number of lines to peek at before and after matches
7. Click Find All to find all occurrences of your search string in the open file.
   The editor collapses the content of the file to only display lines that contain the specified search string. You can hover over the collapsed region to preview the text that it contains.

   Tip: To return to the original text display:
   1. Right-click to open the pop-up menu.
   2. Select Show All to show the original text display within the file.
   3. Select Peeking at find all results to view the lines surrounding the Find All results in the editor.