Project Table — Find Toolbar

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The Find toolbar allows you to find and replace text in the body of the Project Table (excluding the row number) with optional case and whole word matching.

 

To display the toolbar, you can:

  • choose Window → Find + Replace Toolbar

  • press Ctrl+F (⌘F) in the Project Table panel.

  • click the Search and Replace button on the main toolbar in the Project Table panel

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Using the Project Table Find Toolbar

The Find toolbar allows you to find and replace text in the body of the Project Table (excluding the row number) with optional case and whole word matching. The search is performed row by row, and wraps when it reaches either end of the Project Table. When text is found, it is highlighted in yellow, and the current hit is highlighted in green. The number of hits is displayed in the status bar. The search can be restricted by entry (row), by entry visibility (groups), or by property (column).

By default, the table row is not selected when you search for text, so that searching does not change the entry selection, but you can choose to do so from the Options button menu.

 

To find text in the Project Table:

  1. Enter the text in the Find text box.
  2. Select search options from the Options button menu.
  3. Click Next or Previous.

 

To find and replace text in the Project Table:

  1. Enter the text to find in the Find text box.
  2. Enter the text to replace in the Replace with text box.
  3. Select search options from the Options button menu.
  4. Click Next or Previous to find the first occurrence of the text.
  5. Click Replace to replace the text and find the next occurrence of the text.

 

To find and replace all occurrences of the given text:

  1. Enter the text to find in the Find text box.
  2. Enter the text to replace in the Replace with text box.
  3. Select search options from the Options button menu.
  4. Click Replace All.

Project Table Find Toolbar Features

Find text box

Enter the text to be found in this text box (the "search text"). The text is matched anywhere in the entry title. To clear the text, click the Clear (X) button. You can use regular expression syntax, as follows:

  • use ? to represent any single character
  • specify a range of characters to match inside square brackets, e.g [0-5]
  • separate alternatives with |, eg; 17|25 means match 17 or 25

 

Options button menu

This button menu provides options for matching the test, restricting the search range, and selecting entries that match. The options are:

  • Match case— Ensure that the case of the found text matches that of the search text exactly.
  • Match whole word only— Match the search text as a whole word. For example, with this option, the search text "protein" will not match "proteins".
  • Search in collapsed groups— Search for (and replace) text in collapsed groups. By default, the search only searches in expanded groups.
  • Selected rows only— Restrict the search to the selected rows.
  • Selected properties only—Restrict the search to the selected properties. When you select this option, a property selector opens, in which you can select the properties that you want to search.
  • Select entries with matches—Select the entries that contain matches to the text. By default, the entry selection is not changed.

 

Next and Previous buttons

Finds the next or previous occurrence of the search text, subject to the matching conditions. If you click in the Project Table then click either button, the search is reset and starts again with the first occurrence. The current occurrence is highlighted in green; the other occurrences are highlighted in yellow.

 

Replace button

 

Replace with text box

Enter the text that is to replace the found text (the "replacement text").

 

Replace and Replace All buttons

The Replace button replaces the current found text with the replacement text, then finds the next occurrence of the search text. If you are starting a new search (with no found text), the Replace button finds the first occurrence of the search text.

To replace all occurrences of the search text, click Replace All. A dialog box informs you of the number of replacements made.

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