The List of Search Criteria

The criteria controlling the search are contained in a list. Each item in the list can be enabled or disabled. The available criteria are as follows:

- CASE SENSITIVE: if enabled, the text is searched exactly as is; if disabled, there is no distinction between uppercase and lowercase letters.

- BEGINNING OF WORD: the searched text must be at the beginning of a word, meaning the initial character is not preceded by letters or numbers.

- END OF WORD: the searched text must be at the end of a word, meaning the final character is not followed by letters or numbers.

- BEGINNING OF LINE: the searched text must be at the beginning of a line.

- END OF LINE: the searched text must be at the end of a line.

- FORWARD DIRECTION: if enabled, the search is conducted forward from the current cursor position; if disabled, the search is conducted backward from the cursor position in the document.

- CYCLIC SEARCH: if the search reaches the end of the document, it restarts from the beginning or the end.

- GLOBAL SEARCH: the search extends to all open documents, following the rules of direction and cyclicity.

- SELECT TEXT: any found text is entirely selected.

- FOCUS DOCUMENT: the document in which the text is found is brought to the forefront.

- HIDE WINDOW: the Find or Replace window is hidden when the operation is successful.

- WILDCARD CHARACTERS: the search and/or replacement is conducted considering the functionalities of wildcard characters.