
PhpStorm lists the available groups of settings.Īs a result, PhpStorm gives you a quick access to the selected setting and its options. Press Shift twice to open the search window and type /. You can search for a list of settings, their options,and plugins that you can quickly access, enable, or disable. This icon is disabled when you search in the Actions scope.įor information about viewing recent or edited files, see the Editor navigation section. To see the results of your search in the Find tool window, click the Open in Find tool window icon on the window toolbar. To narrow down your search, click the Filter icon on the window toolbar and select the appropriate option.įor example, when you search for files, you can exclude some file types from your search. For example, Emacs actions, such as kill rings, sticky selection, or hungry backspace. You can find any action even if it doesn't have a mapped shortcut or appear in the menu. If you have a directory or a file that you excluded from your project, PhpStorm will not include it in the search process.Ĭtrl+Shift+A: finds an action by name.

You can use the following shortcuts to open the search window with the needed scope right from the start:Ĭtrl+Shift+N: finds any file or directory by name (supports CamelCase and snake_case). Press Tab to switch the scope of your search to classes, files, symbols, or actions. items or Ctrl+Up to return to the top of the search results.Ĭlick to list the search results in the Find tool window. Press Ctrl+Down to jump to the bottom of the list for more. PhpStorm lists all of the found results where your query is found. For example, typing toggle presentation mode to search for the presentation mode action will display Enter Presentation Mode in results. Pressing double Shift again or Alt+N for mnemonics will select the Include non-project items checkbox and the list of search results will extend to non-project related items. By default, PhpStorm displays the list of recent files. Search everywhereįrom the main menu, select Navigate | Search Everywhere or press Shift twice to open the search window. Refer to Find and replace text in a file for more details about searching text within your project.

You can search for files, actions, classes, symbols, settings, UI elements, and anything in Git from a single entry point. You can find any item in the project or outside of it by its name.
