# Find in Projects Dialog

This dialog searches projects for instances of specified text or a regular expression.

This dialog contains the following fields:

Element | Description
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Containing Text | In this field, type or paste the text or regular expression. Click the down arrow for a drop-down list of previously used search expressions.
Match Case | Search only for instances of the text or expression that match the exact upper and lower case characters entered in the Containing Text field.
Whole Words | Search only for whole words. Ignore longer words that are made up in part of the text in the Containing Text field.
Match | Select string options in the dropdown list.
Literal | Select this option to search for the exact string.
Basic Wildcards | Select this option to use wildcards when searching for the string. The allowable wildcards are displayed below the text field.
Regular Expression | Indicates that the entry in the containing text field is a regular expression. Click test, and another search dialog opens where you can search for one text pattern.
Scope | The scope of projects to search. You can either search the projects you selected in the Projects window or all open projects.
Search in Archives | Select this option to include JAR, ZIP and other archive files in the search scope.
Search in Generated Sources | Select this option to include generated source files in the search scope.
File Name Pattern | The pattern of file names, such as *.html, to search through.
Use Ignore List | Select this option to use a list of files to ignore when performing the search. Click edit to open a dialog where you can add or remove files and file paths from the ignore list.
File Path Regular Expression | Select this option to use regular expressions to specify the path to the file as displayed in the example below the text field. Click test, and another search dialog opens where you can search for one text pattern.
Open in New Tab | When selected the results of the search are opened in a new tab of the Search Results window.

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