# XMLmind XML Editor - Online Help

## 4. Search menu

Search

  Displays the Search tool configured for a search session from the current caret position[12] to the end of the document.

Search Backwards

  Displays the Search tool configured for a search session from the current caret position[12] to the beginning of the document.

Replace

  Displays the Search tool configured for a search/replace session from the current caret position[12] to the end of the document.

Replace Backwards

  Displays the Search tool configured for a search/replace session from the current caret position[12] to the beginning of the document.

Find Next

  Search last searched string from the current caret position to the end of the document. The Search tool is not displayed because it is not needed to perform this operation.

Find Previous

  Search last searched string from the current caret position to the beginning of the document. The Search tool is not displayed because it is not needed to perform this operation.

Find Element

  Displays the Find Element dialog box. This dialog box allows to select nodes specified using an XPath expression. This dialog box has a Simple tab which allows to perform most common search tasks without having to learn XPath. Arbitrarily complex XPath expressions are specified using the Advanced tab.

  Keyboard shortcut: Esc f (F like Find).

Find Element Again

  Repeat last search. The Find Element dialog box is not displayed because it is not needed to perform this operation.

  Keyboard shortcut: Esc g (G like aGain).

[12] Turning off the "Start from current caret position" option allows to start searching from the beginning of the document (or from the end of the document depending on the Direction option).