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Using extended search commands
You can use the Extended Find and Extended Replace commands to perform more
complex search operations across multiple documents.
Extended search and extended replace operations include untitled, unsaved
documents. These are listed in the Results window by their tab label in the Editor
(Untitled1, Untitled2, and so on).
The rest of this section provides instructions for performing extended search and
extended search and replace operations.
Performing an extended search
This section contains instructions for performing extended searches in the current
document, all open documents, in a folder, or in a project.
To perform an extended search:
1 Select Search > Extended Find to display the Extended Find dialog box.
2 Enter the appropriate text in the Find what box.
To re-use a previously saved search string, see “Saving search text” on page 174 .
3 In the Find where box, select one of the following options:
•
Current document
searches the current document only, using more
advanced options than are available in a basic search.
•
All open documents
searches all open documents, even those that are not
yet saved.
•
In folder
searches the documents in a specific folder. You can select a folder
from the drop-down box, enter a full path, or browse to the folder.
To search documents in the folder’s subdirectories, select Include subfolders.
If you want to limit your search to files of certain types, select a filter from the
File Types drop-down box or enter your own; for example,
*.html;*.htm;*.txt .
•
In project
searches the documents in a project. You can select a project
from the drop-down box, enter the absolute path of a project, or browse to a
project.
If you want to limit your search to files of certain types, select a filter from the
File Types drop-down box or enter your own; for example,
*.html;*.htm;*.txt .
4 (Optional) Select any of the following options:
•
Match case
highlight a match only if it has identical uppercase and
lowercase as the selection.
•
Regular expressions
enables parsing of regular expression entries.
For information on the specific syntax to use for regular expressions in
H for Dreamweaver MX, see
“Using regular expressions” on page
107 .