Complete the following steps to search for items in the contents tree of an open LabVIEW project.

  1. From the Project Explorer window, select Edit»Find Project Items to display the Find Project Items dialog box. To search for LabVIEW project items within a specific folder, project library, LabVIEW class, or XControl, right-click the item in the Project Explorer window and select Find Project Items from the shortcut menu.
  2. Enter the text you want to find in the Type in text to search for text box. The title bar of the Find Project Items dialog box displays the root item of the search. Searches include all items under this root item.
Note LabVIEW only searches for items that are members of the LabVIEW project, project library, LabVIEW class, or XControl. For example, if the LabVIEW project you want to search contains Foo.vi, and Foo.vi contains a subVI named Bar.vi, you must add Bar.vi to the LabVIEW project to return search results for the subVI.
  1. (Optional) After you enter the text you want to find, choose from the Case sensitive, Match whole word, and Regular expression options to configure the scope of the search.
  2. Click the Find button. The Search results list contains all instances of the text that LabVIEW finds.
Note If only one item matches the search string, LabVIEW automatically highlights the search result in the Project Explorer window and closes the Find Project Items dialog box.
  1. Select a search result and click the Go To button. LabVIEW highlights the item in the Project Explorer window. You also can double-click the entry in the Search results list to highlight the item in the Project Explorer window.
  2. (Optional) Select Edit»Find Next or Edit»Find Previous to highlight other search results in the Project Explorer window.

LabVIEW retains the previous search results until LabVIEW or the Project Explorer window closes. View the previous search results by selecting Edit»Show Search Results to display the Find Project Items dialog box and the list of Previous search results.

You also can access the Find Project Items dialog box from a stand-alone project library window or class window.