Find tool window | PyCharm (original) (raw)
The Find tool window displays the results of the following searches:
- Find/Replace in Path
- Find Usages
- Structural search and replace
- Refactoring Preview
- Find Usages of a data source, a table, or a column.
The Find tool window can contain several tabs. By default, search results are updated in the current tab on every search. To show the results of each search in a separate tab, right-click the tool window header, and then select .
By default, the Find tool window appears at the bottom of the screen. It has a toolbar with a set of buttons, a pane of results, and additional buttons for Replace in Path, and Refactoring Preview operations.
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OptionsCtrl+Alt+Shift+F7 | Click this button to open one of the Find Usages dialogs, which corresponds to the symbol. You can edit the search settings and click button to execute the modified search query. |
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RerunCtrl+F5 | Repeat the last search. This button is not available for viewing code coverage results. |
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CloseCtrl+Shift+F4 | Close the current tab or the tool window. This button is not available in Replace in Path and Refactoring Preview dialogs. |
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Pin Tab | Click this button to pin or unpin the current tab. You may need to pin a tab to prevent it from closing automatically when the maximum number of tabs is reached in this window. |
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Expand all Ctrl+NumPad +Collapse all Ctrl+NumPad - | Use these buttons to have all nodes expanded or collapsed. |
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Previous/next occurrenceCtrl+Alt+UpCtrl+Alt+Down | Navigate to the previous/next element in the tab of results. |
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Group by | Click this icon to open the menu for the following grouping options:File Structure Ctrl+S: select this option to display the found usages under the corresponding method nodes. Module Ctrl+Alt+M: if you select this option, the found usages will show under the corresponding module or the library node.Flatten ModulesAlt+O: select this option to display all the modules as a single-level tree view.Package Ctrl+P: select this option to display all the found usages under their respective packages. Test/Production: select this option to group the usages according the Production and Test scopes.Usage type Ctrl+T: if this option is selected, the search results are grouped by the following categories: commentsunclassified usage not related to any of the categoriesMerge Usages from the Same Line: select this option to merge the duplicate usages found on the same line. |
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Show read accessCtrl+R | This button is available for Find Usages only.If this button is pressed, the search results include references to the read access methods. |
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Show write accessCtrl+W | This button is available for Find Usages only.If this button is pressed, the search results include references to the write access methods. |
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Show import statementsCtrl+I | This button is available for Find Usages only.If this button is pressed, the search results include the usages in the import statements. |
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Preview Usages | Click this icon to open the Preview pane next to the search results. |
Context menu commands
| Item | Shortcut | Description |
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| Rerun | Ctrl+F5 | Run the action again and show the results on the same tab. |
| Jump to Source | F4 | Navigate to the selected item in the source code. |
| Include | Insert | For an excluded item: include the item in the list of results. |
| Exclude | Delete | Exclude the selected item from the list of results. (Excluded items are shown strikethrough.)When you carry out the Replace All or the Do Refactor command, the excluded items are not affected. |
| Remove | Ctrl+X | Remove the selected item from the list of results. |
| Recent Find Usages | Alt+Down | Show the list of recent searches. Select an item in the list to see the search results. |
| Export to Text File | Alt+O | Save the contents of the current result tab. In the Export preview dialog, specify the target file or copy information to the clipboard. Before saving, you can also modify the information to be saved. |
Upper Toolbar buttons
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Show Options Menu | Click this icon to open a menu with more options for managing the tool window such as displaying or hiding side toolbars, group tabs, selecting viewing mode, resizing, and so on. |
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Hide | Hides the tool window. Press Alt+3 to restore it. |
Last modified: 08 October 2024