Xcode4, I use to be able to select some text and right click and search on that text in xcode3?

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In Xcode 3 I use to be able to select some text, right click and search for that text.

However in Xcode 4 this seems to have disappeared ?

Is there a quick alternative instead ?

EDIT I'd select some source code and it would find all occurences in the rest of the source code.

Can you be more specific about what you mean by "search for that text"? For example, after selecting some text and right-clicking in Xcode 3, there's `Find in Project`, `Find Text in Documentation`, `Jump to Definition`, `Search in Spotlight`, and `Quick Help`. — NSGod, Apr 21 '11 at 17:14

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '11 at 01:33

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Select text; cmd-E

Then Shift-cmd-F; return

Boom.

answered Apr 28 '11 at 01:33

Graham Perks

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Stripes · Answer 2 · 2011-04-21T18:11:09.080

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Select your text, hit command-E ("use selection for find") and command-G to iterate through results.

edited Apr 21 '11 at 18:11

answered Apr 21 '11 at 18:03

Stripes

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Hmmm, that only searches within the current file, not other source files / project :( – Jules Apr 27 '11 at 17:55
I thought you only wanted in a single file. Shift-cmd-F is needed to do a multi file search, if you do the cmd-E first the S-C-F will be populated with the text you want so you can just hit return. – Stripes May 03 '11 at 00:01

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '12 at 20:48

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Find in Workspace appears to be fundamentally broken in Xcode 4.

Someone else posted a workaround: toggle the Assistant Editor button to enable the menu item. However it still is not available for text in the debug output area.

answered Feb 28 '12 at 20:48

northernman

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 12 '19 at 00:45

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You can always try some keyboard shortcuts combination once your text is selected:

command+C
command+F (if you want to search in the current file, otherwise shift+command+F to look into the whole project)
command+V

Then you can iterate through the results with command+G to go forward or shift+command+G to go backward.

Hope this helps.

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answered Apr 21 '11 at 17:28

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You can skip the copy-paste steps if you use ⌘E, ⇧⌘F – Jonathan del Strother Apr 28 '11 at 10:36

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 28 '11 at 05:06

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Search in workspace (you can read the keyboard abbreviation in Edit -> Find -> find in workspace

answered Apr 28 '11 at 05:06

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Xcode4, I use to be able to select some text and right click and search on that text in xcode3?

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