Find multiple lines in Notepad++

Question

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?

Answer 1

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/

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Answer 2

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:

1. The easiest one: Go to menu option Plugins > Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager, scroll the available plugin list to "TextFX Characters" and install it.

2. 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.