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type="topic" style="task"
id="gedit-search">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files" />
<link type="seealso" xref="gedit-replace" />
<desc>Find a portion of text within a file.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.14" date="2014-12-04" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Daniel Neel</name>
<email>dneelyep@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Sindhu S</name>
<email>sindhus@live.in</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Shobha Tyagi</name>
<email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Search for text</title>
<p>The Find tool can help you find specific sequences of text within in your
file.</p>
<steps>
<title>Finding text</title>
<item>
<p>Open the <gui>search window</gui> by clicking
<guiseq><gui style="menu">Menu Button</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Find…</gui> </guiseq> or
pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>. This will move
your cursor to the start of the <gui>search window</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Type the text you wish to search for in the
<gui>search window</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>As you type, <app>gedit</app> will begin highlighting the portions of
text that match what you have entered.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>To scroll through the search results, do any of the following:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Click on the <gui style="button">up</gui> or
<gui style="button">down</gui> facing arrows next to the
<gui>search window</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Press the <key>up arrow</key> or <key>down arrow</key> keys on your
keyboard.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>G</key></keyseq> or
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>G</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Press the <key>Ctrl</key> and use your mouse or touchpad's
<key>scroll</key> feature to move up or down through the text.</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>To close the <gui>search window</gui>, press either <key>Esc</key> or
<key>Enter</key>. Pressing <key>Esc</key> will return the cursor to where it
was before you began your search. Pressing <key>Enter</key> will return the
cursor to the current position in the search results.</p>
<list>
<title>Search tips</title>
<item>
<p>If you highlight a portion of text with your mouse, and then press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>, the text you've highlighted
will appear in the search window.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>For more search options, click on the
<gui style="button">Magnifying Glass</gui> icon in the search window,
or right-click anywhere in the search window. You can select one or more
of the following search options:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Select <gui>Match Case</gui> to make the search case sensitive.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <gui>Match Entire Word Only</gui> to search only complete
words.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <gui>Wrap Around</gui> to search text from top to bottom
and cycle back again.</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>The text that you've searched for will remain highlighted by gedit,
even after you have completed your search. To remove the highlight,
click <guiseq><gui>Search</gui><gui>Clear Highlight</gui></guiseq>, or
press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>K</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
</list>
</page>
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