Searching a Browser for an Entity

You can search a browser for a specific property or method, or the hierarchy Class Browser for a specific class constant, by using one of the following menu commands.

Properties menu Search For Property Name command (Ctrl+6)
Methods menu Search For Method Name command (Ctrl+7)
Constants menu Search For Constant Name command (Ctrl+6) from the hierarchy Class Browser only

To search for a constant name, the Const sheet of Properties List in the upper middle pane of the Class Browser must be selected. To search the Class Browser for a property by name, a Properties List sheet other than Const must be selected.

The displayed list of properties or methods is filtered based on what you type into the search text box. You can search all properties or methods displayed in a list box in the:

Class Browser
Class References Browser
Messages Browser
Methods Browser
Interface Browser
Primitive Types Browser
Sender Browser lists such as references and implementors (the Methods menu Go To Line command, which defaults to line number mode, enables you to go to a specific line number or code position)
Unused Entities Browser

When the entity search request is made, the following occurs.

A text box is displayed at the top of the list box to be searched.
A table is displayed below the text box, and it initially contains all of the elements in the list box to be searched (except duplicate names and class names).
Focus is positioned in the text box.

You can perform the following actions.

Enter text in the text box. After each character is entered, only those entries in the list box that have the specified string somewhere in the entity text (which is case‑insensitive) are displayed in the list.
Press the up or down arrow to move through the list.
Click an entry in the list to hide the text box and list, and then select the clicked list entry in the original list box.
Press Enter to hide the text box and list, and then select the currently highlighted entry in the list in the original list box.
Press Esc to hide the text box and list so that focus is positioned in the original list box without any changes.
Click another window to hide the text box and list without impacting the original list box.

2020.0.01 and higher