# Mimicking Ctrl+Shift+F with the Find API call

**URL:** <https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/mimicking-ctrl-shift-f-with-the-find-api-call/449>\
**Category:** AlterNET Studio Support\
**Tags:** editor\
**Created:** [February 23, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/mimicking-ctrl-shift-f-with-the-find-api-call/449 "2024-02-23T17:53:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![f.sisti](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/606060/32.png) [@f.sisti](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/u/f.sisti)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/mimicking-ctrl-shift-f-with-the-find-api-call/449/1 "2024-02-23T17:53:50Z")

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Is there a way to use the Find API call from the Alternet Editor to mimic CTRL+Shift+F from Visual Studio?

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**Author:** ![dmitry.medvedev](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/user_avatar/forum.alternetsoft.com/dmitry.medvedev/32/27_2.png) [@dmitry.medvedev](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/u/dmitry.medvedev)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/mimicking-ctrl-shift-f-with-the-find-api-call/449/2 "2024-02-26T08:02:58Z")

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Hi,

SyntaxEdit/TextEditor supports searching through multiple documents; you can see how it works in the SearchReplace quick start project when turning on Multi-Document search.

We will extend this example with the Find in Files dialog and will post an updated example here shortly.

Kind regards,  
Dmitry

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**Author:** ![f.sisti](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/606060/32.png) [@f.sisti](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/u/f.sisti)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/mimicking-ctrl-shift-f-with-the-find-api-call/449/3 "2024-02-26T14:36:03Z")

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Thank you, an example would be well appreciated

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**Author:** ![dmitry.medvedev](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/user_avatar/forum.alternetsoft.com/dmitry.medvedev/32/27_2.png) [@dmitry.medvedev](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/u/dmitry.medvedev)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.alternetsoft.com/t/mimicking-ctrl-shift-f-with-the-find-api-call/449/4 "2024-02-28T02:05:00Z")

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Hi,

I’ve uploaded a simple example showing how Find in Files can be implemented here:

> **[SearchReplace.zip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/19EuQEcKKK3A8Er0Ppwhxqfv3gtDQ01BV/view?usp=sharing)**
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> Google Drive file.

We will look at extending Code Editor with the built-in Find in Files dialog in the next updates.

Kind regards,  
Dmitry