Finding and Replacing

To search through the currently open file:

1. Press Ctrl+F or select Edit > Find/Replace > Find/Replace.
2. Enter the text you are looking for.

   If the text is found, all occurrences are highlighted as you type.

3. To go to the next occurrence, click , or press F3. To go to the previous occurrence click , or press Shift+F3.

You can restrict the search in the Find field by selecting one or several search criteria:

• To make your search case sensitive, select .
• To search only whole words, select .
• To search using regular expressions, select . Regular expressions used in Qt Creator are modeled on Perl regular expressions. For more information on using regular expressions, see Detailed Description in the QRegExp Class Reference.

Note: If you have selected text before selecting Find/Replace, the search is conducted within the selection.

To replace occurrences of the existing text, enter the new text in the Replace with field.

• To replace the selected occurrence and move to the next one, click or press Ctrl+=.
• To replace the selected occurrence and move to the previous one, click .
• To replace all occurrences in the file, click Replace All.