Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Searching (text) and Editing files in Netbeans is easy

Searching (text) and Editing files in Netbeans is easy
One of the most powerful search I loved in Netbeans. I never find it in Eclipse (by default)
My use case is to search a text under 4.5 GB files. For that I use netbeans Favorites window.
Total directory Size
Follow the  below steps to achieve quick search and edit in Netbeans.
1.  Add the directory under Favorites  , then search i.e. (Ctrl+F). Optionally you can add filters (*.java,*.html,*.js, *.json, etc.)
Netbeans Search popup
2. This search will display the results synchronously, you can stop any time.
Results Tab