# Searching for text within a file

The Go To selection in the pop-up menu for the Navigator view allows you to quickly find a resource in the Workbench by searching resource names.

You can also do contextual searches for information that is contained inside files in the Workbench. To find all files that contain a particular string of characters:

1. On the main toolbar, click the Search button .
2. Type your search string in the Containing Text field, or use the pull-down list to select a previously entered search expression.
   Use `\` as an escape character for search strings that contain the special characters `*`, `?`, or `\`, (for example: `d:\\directory\\filename.ext`).
3. Finish entering your search options, (for example, to scope the search to specified file types), and click Search.
4. The Search view displays the results of your search. Right-click on any item in the Search view to open a pop-up menu that allows you to remove items from the list, copy search results to the clipboard, or rerun the search. To open one of the listed files, double-click it or select Go to File from its pop-up menu.

If you close the Search view, you can return to it later by selecting Window > Show View > Other > Basic > Search.

Search view

Searching for files

Search view
File search