FindBar plug-in

The FindBar plug-in is installed by default with EmEditor Professional. This plug-in displays a toolbar filled with the Find drop-down text box and several options, which helps you to find strings without accessing the Find dialog box.

To use the FindBar plug-in: click the FindBar plug-in button on the Plug-ins bar. Or on the Tools menu, point to Plug-ins, and then click FindBar. Type in a string that you want to search for in the active document, and press ENTER to search forward or SHIFT+ENTER to search backward.

You can assign a keyboard shortcut for this plug-in command, so you can move the focus to the plug-in Find drop-down list easily.

FindBar plug-in

FindBar Plug-in Tutorial Video

Find toolbar

The Find toolbar includes the following options:

• Incremental Search: When this is checked, the search immediately starts as you type in the Find drop-down text box. (The keyboard shortcut is ALT+I while the Find drop-down list has the keyboard focus.)
• Search All Open Documents: When this is checked, the search is carried out in all open documents. (The keyboard shortcut is ALT+S while the Find drop-down list has the keyboard focus.)
• Match Case: Match cases when searching for a string. (The keyboard shortcut is ALT+C while the Find drop-down list has the keyboard focus.)
• Use Regular Expressions: Enable regular expressions. For more information on regular expression syntax, see To Use Regular Expressions. (The keyboard shortcut is ALT+X while the Find drop-down list has the keyboard focus.)
• Use Escape Sequence: Enable escape sequences. You can use the following characters as escape sequences. For more information on escape sequences, see Use Escape Sequence check box. (The keyboard shortcut is ALT+E while the Find drop-down list has the keyboard focus.)
• Search Only Word: Search words only. A word is defined as a string that begins and ends with any of these characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or an underscore. Strings surrounded by full-width characters are considered as words. (The keyboard shortcut is ALT+O while the Find drop-down list has the keyboard focus.)
• Move to Start/End of Document: Search down from the current position by choosing Find Down. If the word is not found by the end of the file, it will continue searching from the top of the file. By choosing Find Up, search from the current position up to the beginning of the file. If the word has not been found, it will continue searching from the bottom of the file. (The keyboard shortcut is ALT+M while the Find drop-down list has the keyboard focus.)