Search
The Search window provides advanced search capabilities that are outside the scope of the quick search found in tree views. It provides two methods of finding nodes - a Name Contains query and an Advanced query.
To open the Search window, click on the Virtalis button at the top-left of the Toolbar and select Windows > Search. Alternatively, click and hold left mouse button over the Windows menu of the Toolbar and select Search. It can also be shown or hidden with Ctrl + Shift + F.
Name Contains
This text entry box simply finds items with the specified text anywhere in their name. It doesn't support any wildcards.
Advanced Query
This entry box accepts a search query in the following format:
[and|or] [name|type|type.prop] [equals|not|contains] <query>
Examples
To find all the scripts with the word "hello" in their code:
EventScript.Code contains hello
To find materials whose ambient or diffuse colours are white:
StdMaterial.Ambient equals 1,1,1,1 or StdMaterial.Diffuse equals 1,1,1,1
To find assemblies with the words "my assembly" in their name:
type equals Assembly and name contains “my assembly”
To find any assemblies with metadata of a specific value:
name equals PART_U_OF_Wand MetaDataString.Value equals KILOGRAM
This will find any metadata assemblies of name PART_U_OF_W with a value of KILOGRAM. The second part of the search on the new line is very important.
You can also search in metadata attribute tables:
The syntax is attrib <key> <comparator> <value>, e.g. attrib TITLE_2 contains viewpoint or attrib DRAWN_BY equals RJB.
Filters
The filter checkboxes permit the search to be refined.
| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| Match case | Perform a case-sensitive search (i.e. a search for lower case ‘a’ would ignore any capital A’s in the text). |
| Match whole word | Ignore any words that contain the search text in them but have other characters. |
Results
The results area shows a scrollable list of search results. Double-click on a result to select it in the tree view. You can also show multiple results in the tree view by selecting items with Ctrl or Shift. Right-click on the selection and select one of the options from the context menu.
