Find in Project Files

[Vittorio Zamparella]

Hello everybody,
this is basically a bump for this last year topic:
https://sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion/331753/thread/d5203ff1/

I’m coming from PsPad and I’m missing “find in project” function (while in Pspad I’m missing regex in find in files)

Is there a plan or plugin or workaround for this function in Notepad++?

Thank you very much

[Jim Dailey]

You may find that the “Open File in Solution” plug-in will handle your “find in project” needs. you can find it here:

http://npp.incrediblejunior.com/

[Vittorio Zamparella]

@Jim-Dailey
Thank you Jim! Sorry for the late reply but didn’t get any notification.

I read everythink twice, installed the plugins and understood NOTHING about what they are for.
What’s a “Solution”?
Where am I supposed to launch a search?

[Jim Dailey]

@Vittorio-Zamparella

A solution is just another way of referring to a project (that is, the files that you care about editing).

You have to create a solution using the SolutionHub UI. The SolutionHub UI section of the link I posted explains how to create a solution. Once you have done so, and you have created a connection to OFIS in the solution (the link explains how), you can search for files in the solution by name (optionally by the entire path and name).

I cannot remember if the plug-in creates a hotkey or if I used the NPP UI to create one. Anyway, I type Alt-O to open the “Open File in Solution” dialog box. You can also get to the dialog from the NPP menu:

Plugins–>Open File In Solution–>OFIS - Show

You can get help on how to use the OFIS dialog from the NPP menu:

Plugins–>Open File In Solution–>OFIS - Help