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Is there a way to find a paragraph?
For instance I want to search for this code:
<?php
$radio_buttons++;
}
?>
But when I try to copy that into the search box it only copies the first line, <?php.
It seems like there is definitely a way to do this, but I just can't find it. Maybe it is an addon?
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Notepad++ Search Across Multiple Lines Find Next Result: Search text: This is my file and I want to search some text across multiple lines. To search across lines, you will need to use a regex across multiple lines based on the below file types, Windows: \r\n.
The Ctrl + F and Command + F keyboard shortcut keys also work in Microsoft Notepad and Microsoft WordPad. The shortcut keys and Find option do not work in Notepad or WordPad until there is text in the page you are viewing.
Finding a Line in Notepad To go to a specific line, click "Edit" and select "Go To" to display the Go To Line dialog. Type the line number into the field and click "Go To" to find the line. The blinking cursor is positioned at the beginning of the specified line.
It's easy to do multiline replace in Notepad++. You have to use \n to represent the newline in your string, and it works for both search and replace strings. You have to make sure to select "Extended" search mode in the bottom left corner of the search window. This is in a file already open.
I wrote a multiline search and replace add on for Notepad++, check it out here: http://www.phdesign.com.au/programming/toolbucket-multi-line-search-plugin-for-notepad/
(source: phdesign.com.au)
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As Xenovoyance suggests, it is possible with CTRL+R (also found in menu option TextFX > TextFX Quick > Find/Replace):
Just select your text to find, then invoke that option...
UPDATE: User Żabojad made me realise that in the latest releases of Notepad++, the "TextFX" plugin is not installed by default, so first you'll have to do one of two things:
The easiest one: Go to menu option Plugins > Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager, scroll the available plugin list to "TextFX Characters" and install it.
The above way should work, but otherwise you'll have go to this page : http://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/files/TextFX/TextFX%20v0.26/
and download file TextFX.v0.26.unicode.bin.zip
then extract its contents (don't just copy zip file) to the \plugins subfolder of the Notepad++ Install Folder
After restarting Notepad++ you'll see the menu entry TextFX.
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