# jEdit 2.6 User's Guide

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## Chapter 7. Search and Replace

# The HyperSearch Dialog Box

The HyperSearch feature lists all lines in a buffer (or a set of buffers, if multiple file search is enabled) that contain a specified string.

Search>HyperSearch (keyboard equivalent: Control-H) displays the HyperSearch dialog box.

Search>HyperSearch For Selection (keyboard equivalent: Control-E Control-H) displays the HyperSearch dialog box and searches for all occurrences of the currently selected text.

- The desired search string can be entered in the Search for: field. This field stores previously entered strings; see Appendix B.

- If the Regexp check box is selected, regular expressions can be used to match inexact sequences of text; see Appendix E.

- If the Ignore Case check box is selected, the search will be case insensitive; entering "Hello" in the search field will locate "hello", "HELLO", and "HeLlO"

- If the Multi File check box is selected, multi file searching will be enabled. For more information about multi-file searching, see the section called Searching in Multiple Files.

- Clicking Start or pressing Enter will begin the search.

- While the search is in progress, clicking Stop will abort the search.

Once a search has been performed, the results list displays all matching lines. Clicking on a line will open the buffer where it was found and move the caret to the specified line.

Figure 7-2. The HyperSearch dialog box

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