Search Options

Start From Beginning

Starts the search from the beginning of the document rather than from the current cursor position.

Search Backwards

Find the first match to the left of the cursor (or the end of the document if Start From Beginning is selected)

All Open Documents

Searches all the open documents in PSPad rather than just the active document. When combined with Start From Beginning, starts
searching from the first document, when combined with search backwards, searches the next document to the left.

Selected Text Only

Searches for matches only within the currently selected text.

Whole Word Only

Finds the next match where the search term is surrounded by non-word characters, e.g. Space, tab, comma etc.

Case Sensitive Search

Find the next match ignoring the case of characters, e.g. A is the same as a.

Use Regular Expression

Interpret search term as a regular expression, replace term can use backreferences (see Regular Expressions).

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