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8.3.1

Quick Open

The Quick Open dialog provides a quick way to open files within the IDE. You can access the dialog by selecting File > Quick Open... or using the Ctrl + Shift + O shortcut. Once the dialog is opened, you can start typing keywords to immediately get a filtered list of all matching filenames. Pressing the enter key on the highlighted file will close the dialog and open the file for editing.

Search Keywords

The search box supports multiple keywords for narrowing down the result list. For example, entering 'phys' would display:

Entering 'phys ba' would display:

Search Locations

The quick open dialog will search the following locations for filenames matching the entered search phrase. The results are displayed in the order they were searched:

• Open files: All files currently opened in the editor
• Recent files: Files that were recently opened in the editor
• Open directories: All the directories of the currently opened files (non-recursive)
• Recent directories: All the directories of recently opened files (non-recursive)
• Vizard directories: The module, examples, and tutorials directories in the Vizard install path (recursive)
• Custom paths: All user specified search paths (recursive)

Search Options

You can customize certain quick open search options by using the drop down menu in the upper right corner of the dialog.

• Add Search Path: Allows you to specify an additional directory to be searched
• Add File Types:  Allows you to specify additional non-Python file types to include when searching directories