Find in Files plugin

Search every file in a folder on disk and jump straight to each match — for finding everywhere a term appears across a project. The search runs in the background, so the editor stays responsive on large trees.

Where to find it

Search ▸ Find in Files… — shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F.

The dialog

Field / option	Meaning
Find what	The term to search for (with recent-query history).
Filters	File-name globs to include, e.g. *.cpp *.h or *.txt. Empty means every file. (Recent filters are remembered.)
Directory	The folder to search; Browse… picks one. Recent directories are remembered.
In all sub-folders	Recurse into sub-directories (on by default).
Match case	Case-sensitive search.
Match whole word only	Match only complete words.
Search mode	Normal (literal), Extended (decode \n, \t, \r, \0, \xNN), or Regular expression (ECMAScript regex).

Results

Matches accumulate in a dockable Results panel as they are found, grouped by file with the line number and matching text. Double-click a hit to open that file and jump to the exact line and column.

How it scans

A background thread walks the chosen directory (optionally recursing) and reads each file that passes the filter, so a large search does not freeze the UI and results stream in progressively.