Where's the Regex in CC 2017?

[Geobop]

I just recently discovered Dreamweaver's advanced regular expressions feature. I used it to strip all the hyperlinks out of a file.

But when I upgraded to CC 2017, I could no longer find this feature. Ironically, I lost it just a few days after I discovered it!

If CC 2017 still has this feature, where/how do you access it?

Thanks.

[BenPleysier]

Is this what you are looking for?

[Geobop]

I'm sorry, I should have worded my post title differently.

Yes, I found the regular regex feature. But the version I upgraded from had an additional feature. If I remember correctly, there was some kind of dropdown list or box that let you choose various tags and options. So you could do a search-and-replace that deleted every paragraph with or without its contents, strip tags of styles, etc.

I can't  remember exactly where I accessed it.

[BenPleysier · Accepted solution]

I think that the feature that you are looking for has been removed. Many complaints have been lodged making me think that the feature will be re-introduced before long. In the meantime use Regular Expressions instead as per Using regular expressions – Part 1: Understanding the basic building blocks | Adobe Developer Connec... .

Also have a look at Find and replace text

[Geobop]

Thanks for the links.

I hope Dreamweaver does reinstate that feature. I don't have time to wrestle with writing my own regular expressions.

[JOPS]

If you go to help and type in "replace" it will show 3 options related. If you choose the "Find and Replace in files" option it will bring up the window that you are looking for.

[BenPleysier]

You will need DW CC2018 for this.

[Jon Fritz]

While they completely ruined the Find & Replace feature in CC2017.0, Adobe reintroduced the current version (the two separate find functions) in CC2017.1

[B i r n o u]

yep and incomplete... some features stayed in the front door... but wasn't invited in the 2018... too bad....