Finding Entities

You can locate an entity in the browser’s tree structure by clicking the Find option located on the Toolbars tab in the Browser Configuration window. This opens a new line of entries within the top portion of the browser; the additional options include a combination text/list Find: box and arrow buttons for Find Next, Find Previous, Find All, and Options for searching (represented by a downward-facing double arrow ).

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To find an entity, type a search string into the combination box and (if necessary) click Options for searching to reveal a list that allows you to specify search behavior:

Match Case	Only entities whose names contain the search string with upper/lower case matching what you typed into the Find: box. For example, with this option active, a search for "chassis" will ignore an entity called "Chassis".
Whole Names	HyperView will only find entities whose complete name matches what you typed into the Find: box, rather than only part of the name. In other words, if you type "chassis" into the Find: box, HyperView will ignore entities labeled "chassis1", "FrontChassis", or "RearChassis1".
Use Wildcards	Wildcards allow you to search for any items that partially match the text you are searching for. For instance, you could search for "*pillar" and find components named "A-Pillar" and "B-Pillar". Note that using wildcards is generally not compatible with searching for whole names.
By ID	Using this option allows you to type an entity ID into the Find: box instead of a text-based name.

Note that these options are on/off toggles; clicking one activates it (represented by a checkbox in the list). To deactivate the option, select it again to remove the checkbox. In this way you can combine the search options, such as searching for whole names with matching case.

To find entities matching your specified string and options, click the up or down arrow buttons to search upward or downward through the browser’s tree. In this way, you can continue searching by repeat clicks of these buttons; for example, after clicking the down-arrow and finding the first match, you can find the next match by clicking the down-arrow again.

When the find function reaches the bottom of the tree it will start over again from the top, until it has performed a single full loop from its starting point. So, for instance, if the tree contains three entities matching your search string, clicking the down-arrow button finds match #1; clicking again finds match #2; clicking third time finds match #3; clicking a fourth time reaches the end of the tree and starts over from the top, finding match #1 again.

To find all of the matching entries, click the Find All button . This finds and highlights all matching entries in the tree list.

Once the entity that matches the entered string is found, it is highlighted in the Results Browser. If the entity is found inside an assembly that is collapsed, the appropriate assemblies are expanded to expose the entity. Since this function works in combination with the filters, it only searches for items currently shown in the tree (see Filtering Entities).

To close/hide the Find options again, uncheck the Find option (located on the Toolbars tab in the Browser Configuration window).