Incremental Find

You can use the Incremental Find Next and Incremental Find Previous commands to search for expressions in the active editor. As you type the search expression, the cursor incrementally jumps to the next or previous exact match in the active editor.

To use the Incremental Find Next command:

1. Press CTRL+J in the script editor or select Edit > Incremental Find Next.
2. Type the expression you are searching for. The search expression is displayed in the Workbench status line. As you type, the editor finds the next exact match of the text and updates the selection after each character typed.

   For example:

   • when you type the character "a", the cursor jumps to the next exact match of the character "a".
   • When you subsequently type an "s", the cursor jumps to the next exact match of the string "as"
   • When you subsequently type a "c", the cursor jumps to the next exact match of the string "asc"
   Note: to undo the last action, press Backspace.
3. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to navigate between matches.
4. To cancel the search, press one of the following keys: Left Arrow, Right Arrow, Enter or Esc.

The Incremental Find Previous command works in a similar way. When you type an expression, the editor finds the previous exact match of the text and updates the selection after each character typed. To start this command: press Ctrl+Shift+J in the script editor or, on the Edit menu, select Incremental Find Previous.