The
following properties can be set or changed on a selected "Replace"
operation, available in the right panel:
Find
This field will contain the string to be found in the files defined in the "Include" field from the Text File Properties view.
This field is of Formatted Type and can be
edited using Smart Edit Control.
Use regular expressions
A regular expression is a special text string for describing a search pattern. By selecting this checkbox, you can define using ECMAScript a custom search pattern, in the above field.
Replace
This field will contain the string that will replace the set of characters defined in the “Find” field.
This field is of Formatted Type and can be
edited using Smart Edit Control.
Options
These options will define how the search and replace operations are performed.
Match Case
Selecting this option will ensure that all text formatting will be kept after the replacement operation. (Capital letters, lowercase, title case, sentence case).
Match whole word only
The "Find" string will be treated as a word. Only words that will be exactly the same with the "Find" field's string will be replaced. (Ex: Inserted string: "is". "The fox is brown" will return a match. "I was in Ilinois last week" will not return a match.)
Replace only the first occurrence
The search and replacement operations will end when the first match is found while the rest possible matches will be ignored.