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.