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Search in only files by a given extension/file type.

  • October 9, 2019
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Is there a way to get Dreamweaver to only search in php files or another given file type, ignoring all other file types?

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    WolfShade
    WolfShade
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    October 9, 2019

    As far as I know, Dw does not have the ability, via RegEx or any other way, to specify searching in only a specific type of file.

     

    I just looked (Dw CC2018) and there is a drop-down option for "Selected Files In Site", which is close.

     

    The only other thing I can think of would be to open all of the files you want to search and use the "Open Documents" selection.. it will search only the documents currently open in Dw.

     

    Sorry I'm not of any more help than this.

     

    V/r,

     

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      B i r n o u
      B i r n o u
      Legend
      October 10, 2019
      yep I have posted many times bug about it, and features request concerning filte type management, (first time in Macromedia age) but so far, since CC, the only orientation are, and stay, live view editing
      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 9, 2019

      Maybe something like this

      ([a-zA-Z0-9\s_\\.\-\(\):])+(.php)$

       

      I'm RegEx challenged.  So I sent a PM to WoflShade.

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      B i r n o u
      B i r n o u
      Legend
      October 9, 2019

      but didn't the search field search only into the file content, and not in the file panel... ???
      I believe, or at least I think, that the OP wand to search specific content in certain file type... not contnet that contains filenmae using php extension

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      routeToWebAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      October 9, 2019
      Correct specific content in a certain file type. Notepad ++ has this feature and it's called "Find in Files" which has a filter that can be, for instance, set to *.php and you then select the directory that you wish to search in.
      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 9, 2019

      I'm almost certain you could do this with Regular Expressions. 

       

       

       

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      B i r n o u
      B i r n o u
      Legend
      October 9, 2019
      I'm interested in the way to go to ask the search expression to look on the filename ?
      BenPleysier
      Community Expert
      BenPleysierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 9, 2019

      Select the files that you want to search. For more options see https://helpx.adobe.com/au/dreamweaver/using/find-replace-text.html

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      routeToWebAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      October 9, 2019
      So I have to trawl through the site selecting each file I want to search? Not what I'm after. I want to select the file type, which in my example was PHP but could be CSS or JS or other, then search the whole site. Most sites I have have several folders and going through each one and selecting files would take more time that doing a search through all files. e.g. a search for a class name could bring results in PHP, HTML, CSS, JS but if I know it's in a PHP file I don't need DM to search those other files and clutter up the search results pain.
      BenPleysier
      Community Expert
      BenPleysierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 9, 2019

      If the option is not in the Help file, then it is not possible at this moment. To change that, submit a feature request

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