Netbeans provides find and replace features by default. Edit menu contains following features.
- Find Selection
- Find Next
- Find Previous
- Find
- Replace
- Find Usage
- Find in Projects
- Replace in Projects
How to search and replace in Entire project?
Search Using Menu items
- First select a project or a file or selection of lines
- Click on Edit Menu
Find in Projects - It opens Popup window and enter below details
- `Containing Text` : text to search - `Scope` : In current project or select Folder from a file system - `File Name patterns` to be included : use file pattern such as *ServiceImpl.java
- Next, Click on
Find
button - It opens an window placed in bottom with search results
- Next, Click on
Search and Replace in projects
First select a project or a file or selection of lines
Click on Edit Menu
Replace in Projects - It opens Popup window and enter below details
- `Containing Text` : text to search - `Replace with` : search text to be replaced - `Scope` : In current project or select Folder from a file system - `File Name patterns` to be included : use file pattern such as *ServiceImpl.java - optional enable and uncheck `use ignore list` and `File Path Regular Expression`
- Next, Click on
Continue
button - It opens an window placed in bottom with search results and ask for “Replace 4 matches” button.
- If you click on button, It replaces text.
- Next, Click on
You can also use short cuts
- Find in Projects -
Ctrl + Shift + F
orCtrl + F
- Replace in Projects -
Ctrl + Shift + H
orCtrl + H
How to search for file and file contents in Netbeans project
Windows:
Alt
+ Shift
+ O
MacOS:
Ctrl
+ Shift
+ O
How to search and replace in opened files in netbeans
use shortcut
Ctrl + Shift + H
orCtrl + H
to opens Replace in projects windowEnter below details
Containing Text
: text to searchReplace with
: search text to be replacedScope
: selectOpen Document
Next, Click on
Continue
buttonIt opens an window placed in bottom with search results and ask for “Replace 4 matches” button.
If you click on button, It replaces text.