View file File name : gedit-search.page Content :<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="gedit-search" xml:lang="ar"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files"/> <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-replace"/> <desc>Find a portion of text within a file.</desc> <revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-12-04" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.24" date="2017-09-17" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email> </credit> <credit type="author"> <name>Daniel Neel</name> <email>dneelyep@gmail.com</email> </credit> <credit type="editor"> <name>Sindhu S</name> <email>sindhus@live.in</email> </credit> <credit type="editor"> <name>Shobha Tyagi</name> <email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email> </credit> <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> </info> <title>Search for text</title> <p>The Find tool can help you find specific sequences of text within in your file.</p> <steps> <title>Finding text</title> <item> <p>Open the <gui>search window</gui> by clicking <guiseq><gui style="menu">Menu Button</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Find…</gui> </guiseq> or pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>. This will move your cursor to the start of the <gui>search window</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Type the text you wish to search for in the <gui>search window</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>As you type, <app>gedit</app> will begin highlighting the portions of text that match what you have entered.</p> </item> </steps> <p>To scroll through the search results, do any of the following:</p> <list> <item> <p>Click on the <gui style="button">up</gui> or <gui style="button">down</gui> facing arrows next to the <gui>search window</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Press the <key>up arrow</key> or <key>down arrow</key> keys on your keyboard.</p> </item> <item> <p>Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>G</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>G</key></keyseq>.</p> </item> </list> <p>To close the <gui>search window</gui>, press either <key>Esc</key> or <key>Enter</key>. Pressing <key>Esc</key> will return the cursor to where it was before you began your search. Pressing <key>Enter</key> will return the cursor to the current position in the search results.</p> <list> <title>Search tips</title> <item> <p>If you highlight a portion of text with your mouse, and then press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>, the text you've highlighted will appear in the search window.</p> </item> <item> <p>For more search options, click on the <gui style="button">Magnifying Glass</gui> icon in the search window, or right-click anywhere in the search window. You can select one or more of the following search options:</p> <list> <item> <p>Select <gui>Match Case</gui> to make the search case sensitive.</p> </item> <item> <p>Select <gui>Match Entire Word Only</gui> to search only complete words.</p> </item> <item> <p>Select <gui>Wrap Around</gui> to search text from top to bottom and cycle back again.</p> </item> </list> </item> <item> <p>The text that you've searched for will remain highlighted by gedit, even after you have completed your search. To remove the highlight, click <gui style="menuitem">Clear Highlight</gui>, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>K</key></keyseq>.</p> </item> </list> </page>