Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.5

The 'Search' view

This view displays the results of the instance search requested on a specific location or on all your opened locations. This search was requested by clicking the search icon in the view toolbar.

The title of the 'Search' view shows the character string entered in the search request, and the number of instances which match the search criteria.

The view lists the instances found. They are grouped by entities, in the same way as in the 'Design explorer' view.

You can modify the way they are shown in the 'Search' view. To do so, click the white upside-down triangle icon of the view toolbar and select:
  • Sort to specify a new sort criterion: by name, package or project.
  • Display to specify a new display criterion: by package, project or label.
This new setting will then automatically be saved and associated with the Search' view, until you change it again.
If you select an instance in the list and right-click, you can:
  • Open its editor.
  • Search for its super or sub references, which will then be displayed in the 'References' view.
  • Go to the next match, i.e. highlight the next instance in the list (also available via the next match icon in the view toolbar),
  • Go to the previous match, i.e. highlight the previous instance in the list (also available via the previous match icon in the view toolbar),
  • Remove the selected matches, i.e. remove all the selected instances from the 'Search' view (also available via theRemove selected matches icon in the view toolbar),
  • Remove all matches, i.e. remove all search result from the 'Search' view (also available via theRemove all matches icon in the view toolbar),
You can also perform the following actions from the toolbar only:
  • Run the current search again (Run the current search again icon). This command reruns the current search again, so that removed search results reappear or changes are reflected.
  • Cancel the current search (Cancel current search icon).
  • Show the previous searches (Show previous searches icon). Click on the arrow next to the icon to display the previous searches (10 maximum but you can change this number in the window you open by selecting the History choice).
    • If you select a previous search, its result will be displayed in the view.
    • If you select the History choice, you open a window which shows the 10 previous searches. In this window, you can select a previous search to view its results or remove it from the history, or configure the number the previous searches displayed in the history.
    • If you select Clear History, all the previous searches will be removed from the history.
  • Expand all (Expand all icon). This command expands every tree item in the search view
  • Collapse all (Collapse all icon) This command collapses every tree item in the search view
Related tasks
Searching for instances ('Design Search' tab)

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