Incremental Search

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Last updated: Jan 05, 2012 by Anonymous
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Incremental search can be activated from the Advanced submenu of the Edit menu, or by pressing Ctrl+I (for forward incremental search) or Ctrl+Shift+I (for backward incremental search). The cursor icon changes to a binocular with an arrow   indicating the search direction.

Begin typing the text that you want to search for. As you type, the editor highlights the first occurrence that matches the text. As you continue typing, the editor moves to the next match and highlights it. If no matches are available, the highlight will stop moving.

During incremental search, the following special keys are active:

Key

Meaning

Esc

Stop searching

Backspace

Remove the last character from the search string

Ctrl+Shift+I

Change the search direction

Ctrl+I

Move to the next match