To make a "quick" incremental search

If you do not want to spend the time opening the Search dialog box and do not need to replace what you find, you can perform a quick search.

  1. If you want to search forward in the file, press Ctrl+f.
    If you want to search backward in the file, press Ctrl+b.
    The left corner of the status bar changes to Srch:.
  2. Enter the character pattern you are looking for. As you enter the characters, the Editor highlights the first occurrence of that character pattern.
  3. If the current file contains more than one occurrence of the character pattern you entered, continue to press Ctrl+f to view the next match or Ctrl+b to view the previous match until you find what you are looking for.

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