Find a portion of text within a file.Jim Campbelljcampbell@gnome.orgDaniel Neeldneelyep@gmail.comSindhu Ssindhus@live.inShobha Tyagityagishobha@gmail.comSearch for text
The Find tool can help you find specific sequences of text within in your
file.
Finding text
Open the search window by clicking
Menu ButtonFind… or
pressing CtrlF. This will move
your cursor to the start of the search window.
Type the text you wish to search for in the
search window.
As you type, gedit will begin highlighting the portions of
text that match what you have entered.
To scroll through the search results, do any of the following:
Click on the up or
down facing arrows next to the
search window.
Press the up arrow or down arrow keys on your
keyboard.
Press CtrlG or
CtrlShiftG.
To close the search window, press either Esc or
Enter. Pressing Esc will return the cursor to where it
was before you began your search. Pressing Enter will return the
cursor to the current position in the search results.
Search tips
If you highlight a portion of text with your mouse, and then press
CtrlF, the text you've highlighted
will appear in the search window.
For more search options, click on the
Magnifying Glass icon in the search window,
or right-click anywhere in the search window. You can select one or more
of the following search options:
Select Match Case to make the search case sensitive.
Select Match Entire Word Only to search only complete
words.
Select Wrap Around to search text from top to bottom
and cycle back again.
The text that you've searched for will remain highlighted by gedit,
even after you have completed your search. To remove the highlight,
click Clear Highlight, or
press CtrlShiftK.