Quick find

Use the Quick Find functionality to search for specific elements in the model. The simple and easy-to-use dialog is designed to locate the needed element by its declared or short name.

Opening the Quick Find dialog

To open the Quick Find dialog, do one of the following

On the Containment tab toolbar click the Quick Find button.
On the main menu, click Edit > Quick Find.
On the keyboard, press Ctrl+Alt+F or Cmd+Opt+F.

Search results are displayed in the drop-down list, which opens when you start typing the search phrase. Click the element you need in this list or correct the search query to perform a new search. The element will be selected in the Containment tree and on the active view if the element has symbols on the active view.

Quick Find dialog elements

The following table provides descriptions of the Quick Find dialog elements.

Dialog element name/image	Dialog element type	Description
Search for	Options group	Click Any Element to search in all elements of your project. Click View to search only in views.
Search By Name	Text box with a drop-down list	Type a phrase to search for in element names. See the search results in the drop-down list. The following elements are excluded from the search results: Modifiers (e.g., in, abstract, derived, etc.) Element metaclasses (e.g., part, attribute, package) Feature values (owned expressions) Multiplicities Relations (except for Association and Connector) Expressions (except for ConstraintUsage and CalculationUsage) Features owned by MetadataFeature Annotations (e.g., Documentation, Comment, TextualRepresentation) Root namespaces Special actions (e.g., ControlNodes, AssignActionUsage, SendActionUsage) Features owned by special actions (parameters)
	Menu button	Click the button and customize search options. Match Text Anywhere To search for matching phrase in any part of the element name, click the command to add the check mark. To explicitly search from the beginning of element name, click the command to remove the check mark. Use Camel Case To search for matching phrase typed in camel case, click the command to add the check mark. To search for matching phrase typed in regular case, click the command to remove the check mark. You can use camel case as follows: Type only the first letters (either capitalized or not) of each word, for example, "and" or "AND" to find "Analysis and Design". Type skipping spacers, for example, "cv3" to find "CV-3".
More	Menu button	Click the button to load the next 100 matches. By default, the first 100 matches are shown in the dialog.
Expand	Menu button	Click the button to load all model elements.
Apply Filter (Ctrl+Space)	Check box	Click to clear the check box, if you need to remove the search scope filter. If you clear the Apply Filter check box once, your selection is remembered for the next time.
Filter Options	Menu button	Click the button and customize the search scope filter options. Ensure the Apply Filter check box is selected Hide Standard/System Libraries Reduces the search results list by hiding elements that belong to the Standard/System Libraries.