Main menu - File - Search... - tab Location


Activating the menu item "File → Search..." or the shortcut "Ctrl+F" opens the "Search files/folders" dialog.


Under the tab "Location" search criteria can be entered concerning:



File name

In the combo box "File name" the name (including extension) of the files and/or folders to be searched can be entered. The following possibilities are offered:

After activating the button a selection list is shown, with the last inputs in this field. Clicking a row in this selection list overwrites the contents of the input field with the contents of the clicked row. This is only possible, if the option "Save history" is checked and the command "Clear history" was not activated most recently.

If the field "File name" is empty when the search is activated, all files and folders are listed that are found according to the entries under "Search file content" and "Search in".

The field "File name" can be used also to enter other search criteria. Examples are found in chapter "Main menu → File → Search...→ Examples".

Search file content

The number of found files can be further limited by searching a file content.

After activating the button following the combo box "Containing text" can be selected how the terms in the combo box should be selected.

Example: the text field contains "abc xyz"

"As entered" → found files have to contain "abc xyz"

"Any term"    → found files have to contain "abc" or "xyz"

"All terms"    → found files have to contain "abc" and "xyz" in any order

Search in

Under "Search in" can be defined, in which folders should be searched for files and folders.

               If in a path a ";" exists, then the path must be defined in double quotes, example: C:\temp; "D:\aa\two;21";e:\temp 

After activating this menu item the current entry in the field "Folder" is replaced by the list of all paths (separated by ";") that are assigned to the tabs of the inactive panel.