Clicking the "Search" link in the Toolbar allows you to search for specific files or directories.
- The "Search" drop-down menu allows you to choose whether you wish to search the entire directory you are viewing, or only selected files and subdirectories within that directory (select these files and directories by clicking the checkboxes beside them in the Files menu). Note that directories "above" the one you are viewing cannot be searched; searching a directory named "images" in the root directory will not search any of the other directories and files in the root directory.
- Choose whether or not your search will be "case sensitive" using the checkbox provided.
- Choose whether or not you wish to search using a regular expression with the "Regular Expression" checkbox provided. This allows users with some knowledge of regular expressions to search for files with content meeting specified criteria. Clicking the "Regular Expression" checkbox will automatically check the "Search Contents" box.
- Choose whether to search the contents of files in the directory you are searching with the "Search Contents" checkbox provided. If you are searching a directory with a text file called "test.txt", which itself contains the string "this is a test", searching for "this is" will only return "test.txt" if the "Search Contents" function is enabled.
- Clicking the "Advanced Search" link will open a new window allowing you to further refine your search parameters. You will be able to select a file type to search for, define search terms in the file name and the file's contents, as well as how recently the file was modified. If you are defining a date range in which you wish to search, click the ".." buttons beside each field to open a calendar menu. You will be able to scroll through the calendar and click the appropriate dates in order to enter the dates in the proper format.