5.6. Find and Replace Options

Believe it or not, you can further customize the find-and-replace functionality with its own set of options in the main Options dialog. Found in the Environment group, the Find and Replace options enable you to reset informational and warning message settings as well as to indicate whether the "Find what" field should be automatically filled with the current selection in the editor window. There is also an option to hide the find dialog after performing a Quick Find or Quick Replace, which can be handy if you typically look only for the first match.

Once you have performed the first Quick Find search you no longer need the dialog to be visible. You can simply press F3 to repeat the same search.

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