Fields common to all main dialogs:

The following fields and controls are common to all main dialogs (Search, Replace, Command and Macro):

Fields common to all dialogs

Search dialog, 'Simple Dialogs' version.
Fields common to all main dialogs are marked here
with red border.

The following fields and buttons are the same in Search, Replace, Command and Macro dialogs:

Files:
Enter filenames or filters (with wildcards) here. Multiple filenames or filters can be entered by separating them with commas. You can enter absolute path, or relative path (relative to the directory in Directory field below), but normally you would just enter filenames or filters.
If Files field is empty, the search or other operation is done on current file only.
Directory:
The base directory for filenames and relative paths above. You can change the directory by editing this field, or visually by clicking on the Browse button.
- Click to change directory (see above). Then navigate to the directory you want and click OK.
Search subdirectories
- Check this box to search specified files in all subdirectories of the specified directories.
- Click this button to start executing the operation.
- Cancel operation and exit macro.
- Expand dialog to include more options (Full dialog). The button turns into [Less <<] button. Click [Less <<] button to remove the extra buttons (simple dialog).


Related topics:

Additional fields in Full Dialog
Search dialog
Wildfile - Multi file processing