Eclipse Quick Search Jar Download
Sunta Bivings
Great to hear that you love this feature. As noted in the New and Noteworthy of Eclipse 2019-09, the Quick Text Search got contributed to the Eclipse platform, so there is no need anymore to install it separately (and that is also the reason why the marketplace entry is not available anymore for the 2019-09 version of Eclipse): -text-search
As said, the feature is now part of the Eclipse platform itself, so it is part of every single Eclipse package automatically: -text-search - please note that the keyboard shortcut has slightly changed though.
I tried to install Quick Text Search into a fresh Mars.2 JEE package of Eclipse and it seems to work fine. The shortcut is "Cmd-Shift-L", btw, not "Ctrl-Shift-L" (but that also might depend on the platform). If it still doesn't work, we need to take a deeper look at why this doesn't work on your end. The best first step would be to open the Preferences -> General -> Keys" and search for the "Quick Search Command". It that appears in the list, the install seemed to work just fine (and it shows your platform-specific shortcut). In that case maybe there is a conflicting keyboard shortcut defined, so that something else gets executed when you press that shortcut. In that case you can look for another command in that list with the same shortcut and re-define the shortcut for the Quick Text Search to something else, for example.
I have installed Quick Search for Eclipse 3.8.1.RELEASE on Eclipse 4.5. However after installation, Cmd+Shift+L doesn't get the Quick Search option for searching in the files. Is there a new version of Quick Search which is compatible with Eclipse 4.5?
The latest version of the quick search plugin is compatible with Eclipse Mars, so something seems to go wrong with or after the installation. Someone else reported a similar problem, so I think we need to investigate this a bit deeper. Please open a bug report at -projects/eclipse-integration-commons/issues or (whatever you prefer), so that we can continue the discussion over there and ask for more details. Thanks!!!
i installed spring quicksearch on eclipse mars , but i do not get any option in eclipse >> preferences for the plugin.however it shows plugin as installed in eclipse marketplace. could you please help :-(
I tried this myself quickly, used a vanilla Eclipse Mars.2 JEE package and installed the quick search plugin via the marketplace without any issues. The preference page "Quick Search" is showing up as well as the quick search dialog itself (after hitting the keystroke). Version 3.8.1 was showing up while installing the plugin. Did you install that version? And what happens if you try again with a fresh Eclipse install (trying to isolate the problem here)?
So something seems to go wrong with or after the installation. Someone else reported a similar problem (see above), so I think we need to investigate this a bit deeper. Please open a bug report at -projects/eclipse-integration-commons/issues or (whatever you prefer), so that we can continue the discussion over there and ask for more details. Thanks!!!
The quick text search should look inside JavaScript files by default. You can EXCLUDE certain types of files and specific folder names (and you can configure that yourself in the preferences), but all the other files are searched by default. Maybe your JavaScript files are inside one of those folders that are not searched?
I think having search in a pop-up dialog box is a really bad idea and reminds me of search in old versions of Microsoft Word. Having search inline as a tab allows for an easy workflow as you aren't blocking anything and constantly moving around a dialog box. Instasearch is inline, and would be a really good search extension if it allowed for exact matches and case sensitive searches. I'm still looking for the holy grail of search in eclipse but unfortunately I don't think it exists yet.
To run a workspace-wide Quick Text Search, simply type text in the main search field and you'll see the list of possible matches updated live as you type. You can also select some text in a Eclipse view or editor prior to opening the dialog. The selected text will be entered automatically into the search box.
If you select a text snippet in an Eclipse Editor or View, that string will be automatically entered in the search box when you open Quick Search. Start typing to replace it. For example you can select a log or error message string in the console to quickly search for it:
Another, more interesting part of the story is that the speed you 'experience' is actually a bit of an illusion. Worst case, you might paste a unique search term into the dialog and have to wait a few seconds as it searches all the files in your workspace. In practice you don't hit this worst case very often. So let's have a look at the two 'tricks' used behind the magic curtain. (Note: I don't claim to have invented these techniques. I'm sure they have been used before to provide responsive search experiences. This article is about how I used these techniques to create a nice text search tool for myself and other Eclipse users.)
As soon as you type the first character the search process is kicked of and it starts searching for matches to your query. Results are shown as soon as they are found. Typically single character searches will have many matches in just about any file. So, the dialog fills up instantly. To avoid the dialog from exploding the searcher will pause when it hits a limit of about 200 results.
When you type another character the search term is updated. But rather than restarting the search from scratch the search term is updated inside the running search process. That means any results going forward will match the new search term. But what about already found results? Well, far from being useless, we know they already contain the results of the new query! For example if we type "av" then anything containing "av" must obviously also contain "a". So all we have to do to with results from old query "a" is filter out the results that don't match the new query "av". This is much faster then starting the search over again from scratch, because we only have to filter a relatively small number of in memory items rather than scan the file system again. Thus, the update as you type happens in an instant.
For a separate install, you can get it from the Eclipse Market place (search for "Quick Search"). Or you can install directly from the update site. Open the Eclipse installer via Menu "Help >> Install New Software" and paste the update site url in the dialog (at the end of this article). Then select only the "Eclipse Quicksearch" Feature and hit the "Install" Button.
I accidentally removed the edit box that allows you to search and open work items and text in the status bar of the eclipse client but I can't find a way to restore it. I use this feature all the time and really need it back. Can you help?
As a quick help tip, if you select a text snippet in an Eclipse Editor or View, that string will be automatically entered in the search box when you open Quick Search. Start typing to replace it.
Type your search string in the Enter Search String combo box, or use the pull-down list to select a previously entered search expression.
Special characters such as (' ', !, ", #, $, %, (, ), *, +, ,, -, ., /, :, ;, , ?, @, [, \, ], ^, , , , _) are assumed to be word separators unless By Id option is selected. When By Id option is selected, (, and ' ') are treated as separators.
Eclipse allows you to search its code using Edit->Find/Replace. This allows you to search only one file at a time. Is it possible to search for a text in a whole Eclipse project instead of searching file by file
When in you can then specify your string and a working set. Set the working set to your project folder. Depending on how picky you want to be you can set the file name patterns too. I have not tried but I am assuming you can do *.* to search everything under the sun.
You can use the below image as a reference (I used Eclipse - Galileo). I searched for the string "System" and got results for my class file and my interface file. Once you search all occurances will show up in a search tab (normally docked on the bottom of the screen).
The Ctrl+3shortcut allows you to perform all available actions in Eclipse.This shortcut puts the focus into the Quick Access (quick access)search box which allows you to execute any Eclipsecommand.For example youcanopen aPreference, aWizard, aviewand aPreferencepage.
I mostly miss the ability to type the same keywords into Quick Access, that I can type into the preferences dialog. Quick Access can only search for the page titles of the preference page tree, but not for anything inside those pages.
It is Easter time, and here is my Easter Gift in eclipse: Quick Access. If you are one of those developers who hate the mouse and want to do everything with your hands on the keyboard: this is definitely something for you. I admit that I had not noticed that feature, as it is buried behind menus. It is such a great functionality in eclipse (thanks for the hint, Teo!), but easily gets missed.
Now it gets interesting! It lists me everything for above categories matching my input! As I do not want to use my mouse at this time, I use my cursor keys to navigate through the list and hit ENTER. Wow! A fast (and quick!) access to everything.
You can quickly find all manner of user interface elements with the Quick Access search bar at the top of the workbench window. Click in the field or use the Ctrl+3 binding to switch focus to it. Matching elements include (but are not limited to) open editors, available perspectives, views, preferences, wizards, and commands. Simply start typing the name of the item you wish to invoke and we will attempt to find something in the Workbench that matches the provided string.
In case you need a complete list of all available shortcuts you can use the shortcut CTRL-SHIFT-L in eclipse that opens a small window with a detailed list.Hope there are some interesting shortcuts in the list for you.
Have fun,
Thomas.