ColdFusion Builder search complements the search capability of eclipse and also includes search capabilities which you did not find in eclipse search. Below table provides comparison between details of options, scopes, feature ColdFusion search and Eclipse search.
| Scopes |
ColdFusion Builder Search |
Eclipse Find/Search |
| Current Document |
Yes |
Yes |
| Open Documents | Yes | - |
| Projects | Any Project selected from the list | Only in enclosing projects |
| Workingset | Yes | Yes |
| Workspace | Yes | Yes |
| Local Directory | Yes | - |
| FTP Directory | Yes | - |
| RDS Directory | Yes | - |
| Multi-Line Search | Yes | - |
| Selected Lines | Yes | Yes |
| Selected Resource | Yes | Yes |
| Options | ||
| Match case | Yes | Yes |
| Match whole word | Yes | Yes |
| Search backward | Yes | Yes |
| Search Incremental | Yes | Yes |
| Use reg-ex | Yes | Yes |
| Ignore whitespace | Yes | - |
| Wrap search | Yes | Yes |
| Other Features | ||
| Tag search :- Simply search for tag, or look for tag having some attribute or containing some text.. so on..
Perform operations on matching tag like adding/removing attribute, setting content before/after tag, remove / replace tag etc |
Yes |
- |
| Code preview while replace all on workspace files. | Yes | - |
| Showing search result | Shows the search result in package view and each nodes are arranged in logical manner with matches at each level.
Ex: Folder-> Sub Folder 1, Sub Folder2 |
Shows the result in order it finds. No grouping of search results. |
| Context search | ColdFusion search understands all the contexts in coldfusion perspective.
For example :- From File Browser when browsing through remote FTP files. Opening the search dialog keeping selection in File browser opens dialog with connection detail, location filled in. |
Works only with current file and selection in navigator |
Comments
just a point regarding the Local Directory comparison. In Eclipse you can search by selected resources. You highlight the directories or files you want to search, then seelct search from the menu or use the Ctl-H shortcut. That does the same as theLocal Directory search
regards,
larry