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diff --git a/help/C/gedit-search.page b/help/C/gedit-search.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..63e4c5b --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/gedit-search.page @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + 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"/> + <revision pkgversion="3.24" date="2017-09-17" 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> + </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 <gui style="menuitem">Clear Highlight</gui>, or + press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>K</key></keyseq>.</p> + </item> + </list> + +</page> |