Find in Files dialog box

Enter text that you want to search for. EditPlus supports regular expression. You can press down-arrow button for regular expression templates. See Regular Expression for more details.

Enter wild card pattern of the files that you want to find text in. When you specify more than one pattern, separate each one with semicolon(;). For example, if you want to find in HTML files, use "*.html;*.htm".

Enter substring of file name (or directory name) that you want to exclude from the search. When you specify more than one pattern, separate each one with semicolon(;). For example, "*.tmp;*.bak".

Specify the folder where the searching takes place.

Check this option to search all open documents instead of using the content of the File Type and the Folder fields.

Check this option to search current file only instead of using the content of the File Type and Folder fields.

Check this option to search in current file directory instead of using the content of the Folder field.

Check this option to search in files in current project instead of using the content of the File Type and the Folder field.

Check this option if you want case-sensitive searching.

Check this option if you want to search whole word only and ignore text which is a substring of another word.

Check this option if you want to search regular expression. Regular expression allows more sophisticated and powerful search. See Regular Expression for more detail about regular expression syntax.

Search also sub-folders of the specified folder.

Check this option if you want the output window to show all the occurrences even if they are on a same line.

Check this option to automatically save all open files before searching.

Check this option to show the search result in a newly created document window instead of the Output Window. It can avoid slow down of the Output Window when the search produces too many results.

Find specified text with current options.

Press this button to show the multi-line input field. You can enter multi-line text in this input box. Press Ctrl+Tab to enter a tab character in this input box.