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‎Advanced search options

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 Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.  You can search forwards or backwards from the current caret position in the active file by pressing the '''Next''' or '''Previous''' button to initialize the search.

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	Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes. You can search forwards or backwards from the current caret position in the active file by pressing the '''Next''' or '''Previous''' button to initialize the search.		Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes. You can search forwards or backwards from the current caret position in the active file by pressing the '''Next''' or '''Previous''' button to initialize the search.

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 This option will list all lines containing the "Find what" string in a separate dockable [[Find string list]] window. Double-clicking on one of the result lines (or selecting it and clicking on Goto in the context menu) will jump to that line in the editor.
 '''Close after find'''<br>
 This option closes the Find dialog as soon as the first match is found.

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 Enter the string to search for in the '''Find what''' field, which allows a single or multi-line string up to 20,000 bytes.  You can search forwards or backwards from the current caret position in the active file by pressing the '''Next''' or '''Previous''' button to initialize the search.
-If the string is not found, the search wraps around to the other end of the file and continues the search. To configure this behavior, see the [[Search:Miscellaneous|Search &raquo; Miscellaneous help topic]].
+If the string is not found, the search wraps around to the other end of the file and continues the search. To configure this behavior, see the [[Settings:Search:Miscellaneous|Settings &raquo; Search &raquo; Miscellaneous]] help topic.
 If the string doesn't exist in the file, UltraEdit will prompt you.

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 '''List lines containing string'''<br>
-This option will list all lines containing the "Find what" string in a separate dockable [[Find String List]] window. Double-clicking on one of the result lines (or selecting it and clicking on Goto in the context menu) will jump to that line in the editor.
+This option will list all lines containing the "Find what" string in a separate dockable [[Find string list]] window. Double-clicking on one of the result lines (or selecting it and clicking on Goto in the context menu) will jump to that line in the editor.
 '''Close after find'''<br>

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 See also:
 * [[Replace]]
-* [[Find in Files]]
+* [[Find in files]]
-* [[Replace in Files]]
+* [[Replace in files]]
-* [[Find String List]]
+* [[Find string list]]
 * [[Hex find]]
 * [[Hex replace]]
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 To select all text between the cursor position and the search target, hold down the '''Shift''' key before pressing the '''Next''' button.
-In addition to searching for printable characters, you can search for special characters/strings with special notation:
+In addition to regular characters and strings, the '''Find what''' field supports searching for several special characters and strings with special notation. For example, "^t" will match a tab. For a complete list of these values, see [[Special search characters]]. These special characters are valuable for matching non-printable text in files.
 [[File:Ultraedit find i history.png|left]] '''History button'''<br>

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 [[Category:Home tab]]
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-Shortcut: <span>Alt+F3</span> or <span>Ctrl+F, F</span>
+Shortcut: <span>Alt+F3</span> or <span>Ctrl+F,F</span>
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