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How to search inside a specific block of code in IntelliJ IDEA?


How I can search within a specific block of code or selection in IntelliJ IDEA?

I got used to using this feature in Eclipse. In Eclipse you can just double click on the beginning of a curly bracket, and it'll highlight the entire block of code. After which you could do Command+f
(Ctrl+f on Windows) to search ONLY in the highlighted block, or you could just highlight whatever you need and search just that block of code.


Solution

  • Go to Settings | Keymap, search for the Find... action in the Other group. This action should have the following description:

    Find a string in active editor, shows modal dialog

    Assign a keyboard shortcut to this action (you need to make a copy of default keymap to modify it), for example Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F.

    When in editor, select any block of text, then press this shortcut, a dialog will open with the Scope automatically set to Selected text:

    Find Text

    To quickly select the method body while standing on the opening curly brace use Ctrl+W.