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Developer tools (117)

Thonny 4.0.2 - Find & replace

Spyder 4.1.5 - Find text

Spyder 4.1.5 - Search

Arduino IDE - Find

Notepad++ - Launch find dialog

JupyterLab - Start

Visual Studio Code (Windows) - Find

Meld 3.21 - Find a string

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Find objects

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Search - Find expressions and comments in the current Material

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Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Find

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Quick tree search

Unreal Engine 5.0 (early access) - Frames

Toad For Oracle (Windows) - Find text

Roblox Studio - Find in script

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SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Display the Find dialog box

Delphi - Find

pgAdmin 4.19 - Find

HeidiSQL - Find text

IDA Pro 7.4 - Error operand

Unity - Find

RStudio - Find and Replace

SAP ABAP - Find / Replace text

NetBeans - Find in file

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.Find

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Image.FillTool

IDLE (2024) - Find…

IDLE (2024) - Find…

Chrome DevTools - Search for text within the current panel

Python IDLE for Windows - Open a search dialog box with many options

Eclipse - Open find and replace dialog box

Informatica PowerCenter 10.5 (Workflow) - Find tables or fields in the workspace

Geany 1.38 - Find

Ace Editor 1.35.2 (Windows) - Find

010 Editor - Search > Find...

Android Studio - Find

Windows PowerShell ISE - (Script pane) Find in Script

IPython Shell - Move cursor forward one character

EOS Family 3.0.0 - Focus filter

PICO-8 (Windows) - Find text in current tab

Lazarus IDE V3.6 - Find Text

Cursor 0.44.8 - Find

Lite XL 2.1.7 - Find

CoffeeCup HTML Editor - Find

Visual Studio Code (Linux) - Find

FileMaker - Find mode

CodeMirror - Find

SQLyog - Find (SQL Window/Result Window And Table Data In Text Mode/Blob Viewer)

Looker 6.8 (Windows) - Find

TouchDesigner - Find Operator

TouchDesigner - Find

Free Pascal IDE - Word right

FBIde - Open Find dialog

Code::Blocks 17.12 - Find

WinDev 25 - Search

Code::Blocks 20.03 - Find

Sublime Text 4 - Show panel

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 (Windows) - Find in Current Document

Postman - Search sidebar

GoLand (Windows) - Search

LunarVim - scroll docs down

Pascalzim - Pascal Compiler - Search text

Hex Workshop 6.8.0 - Find

Diffuse Merge Tool - Find

Git Tower (Windows) - Fetch

Qt Creator - Find and replace

WinHex - Find text

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Find

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts) - Edit.Find

jEdit - Open search and replace dialog box.

SQL Server Profiler - Open Find dialog box

Atom (Windows) - Open the Find/Replace panel

Atom (Windows) - native!

Atom (Windows) - (Source: Find And Replace) find-and-replace:show

Autodesk Stingray - (in Asset Browser) Search in Asset Browser

App Maker - Find within the code editor

winIDEA - Find the specified text

Mode SQL Editor (Windows) - Find

Glitch - Find text

SmartGit 19 - Filter files

Qt Linguist 5.13 - Find

HxD 2.3 - Find

Boost Note - Open search

Proto.io - Find

Amazon Lumberyard - Unfreeze all objects

IBM COBOL Editor - Find and Replace

Poedit 2.4.2 - Find...

Anvil - Search the current file. Hit enter repeatedly to find subsequent matches

GitLab (Windows) - Find

GitLab (Windows) - Replace

SigmaStudio 4.7 - Freeze schematic

NovelAI (Windows, Mac) - Open the search function to look for specific text

Mu 1.2 (code editor) - Show the find and replace dialog

SlickEdit 2023 - Find

Gitk - Find

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Windows, Linux, Java) - Edit: Find

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Windows, Linux, Java) - Edit: Find

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Windows, Linux, Java) - Toolbar: Find

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Windows, Linux, Java) - Data: Search Field in Dimension

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, Windows/Linux/Java) - Edit: Find

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, Windows/Linux/Java) - Edit: Find

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, Windows/Linux/Java) - Toolbar: Find

Aqua Data Studio 23.2 (Emacs layout, Windows/Linux/Java) - Data: Search Field in Dimension

CudaText 1.218.0 (10.2024) - Find…

codepen.io - Find

PyScripter 5.1 - Find

Ox Editor - Find

Firefox Developer Tools (Windows) - Find in file

Firefox Developer Tools (Windows) - Focus on the search box in the HTML pane

Firefox Developer Tools (Windows) - Focus on the search box in the CSS pane

Firefox Developer Tools (Windows) - Search for a string in the current file

Firefox Developer Tools (Windows) - Search in the message display pane

Firefox Developer Tools (Linux) - Find in file

Firefox Developer Tools (Linux) - Focus on the search box in the HTML pane

Firefox Developer Tools (Linux) - Focus on the search box in the CSS pane

Firefox Developer Tools (Linux) - Search for a string in the current file

Firefox Developer Tools (Linux) - Search in the message display pane

File manager (21)

WinRAR - Add to favorites

Far Manager - Full file name from the active panel, Ctrl + : from passive

One Commander 3 - Search

Thunar - search

File Explorer - Select the search box

FreeCommander - Search for files / folders

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Open Quicksearch bar

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Toggle between normal and full screen Terminal emulator

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Edit → Find…

Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Filelight view

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Krusader 2.8 (File manager) - Finds files in the results window

PeaZip - Forward in history

Tagspaces - Show search panel

Multi Commander - Set View filter

Multi Commander - Show / Hide Search window

WinNc - Find files

Mp3tag - Favorite directory

Xyplorer - Find Files: open find files tab if not visible anyway

Xyplorer - Opens Find Text dialog.

Files (files.community) - Search

Recoll 1.43 - Find in the snippets list (method #1)

Games - PC (40)

BeamNG - Show FPS

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Reset Smartcam

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Toggle Flight Director

Command & Conquer: Generals - Formation

Metin2 - Feed horse

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Flaps up

Lock On: Modern Air Combat - Start mission

X-Plane 11 - Rot down slow

X-Plane 11 - Fail system

Captain of Industry - Search

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Railroader - Place fusee on track

Just Enough Items - Select search bar

iRacing - Toggle manual focus

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Display the frame rate

Age of Empires IV - Toggle Players & Tribute panel

Flyff - Toggle frame rate display

Open Rails 0.6.2 - Control firing

Lost Ark (PC) - Preset 4

Football Manager 2023 - Switch between full screen and windowed mode (if the system supports windowed mode)

StarCraft - (StarCraft: Remastered) Toggle display of the production panel

openBVE (with the Class 323 EMU) - Switch between windowed and fullscreen mode

Throne and Liberty - Equip and Unequip Fishing Rod

League of Legends - Toggle the numeric frames-per-second and latency display

Don't Starve (PC) - Auto-attack neutral creatures (pigs, beefalos)

Dragon's Dogma 2 (PC) - Weapon skill 4

Hero Wars - Full-screen mode

Dune: Spice Wars (PC) - Full screen toggle

Kerbal Space Program 2 - Search Parts

Tibia - Switch to fullscreen mode or back to windowed mode

Football Manager 2020 - Toggle full-screen

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (Partial) - Take screen shot (Saved as file SCFrame_.bmp)

ChessBase 13 - Call up search mask to define search

ChessBase 13 - Flip board

ChessBase 13 - Search for games in selected database

Trainz: A New Era - Find object

Trainz: A New Era - Find object

PokerStars - Find a player

Quest for Glory I - "Fight"

Fiddler - Find sessions

The First Berserker: Khazan - Spirit Skill 3

General (49)

Windows 11 - Select the search box

Giants Editor - Move to Camera

Arch Linux - Move cursor one character to the right

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Scroll page down

Godot - Find

Godot - Find

OBS Studio - Fit to screen

Brave (Windows) - Open the Find Bar to search the current page

Manjaro Linux - Move cursor one character to the right

Firefox - Find

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Steam - Search for a game

Deepin Linux - Find files

Codesys V3 - Find

Codesys V3 - Paste below

Mozilla Thunderbird - Find text in current message

Mozilla Thunderbird - Find and replace text in current message

Mozilla Thunderbird - Address book quick filter

Maxthon - Find on current page

X-Plane-12 - Fail selected in failures screen

X-Plane-12 - Rotate view: tilt down slow

Audacity - Fit In Window

Opera - Find text

Opera - Search while viewing help page

SunVox - find a module

Google Chrome - or F3 Open the Find Bar to search the current page

Skype - Search contacts and messages

Skype - Search contacts and messages

Revizto 5.12 (Windows) - Zoom to fit

Cisco Webex App (Windows) - Sets focus in the global search

uTorrent - Filter torrents

Windows 10 Maps - Search

Ardour - Toggle playhead tracking

Vivaldi - Find in page

Mapedit (Blood) - View fog, toggle on/off, palette must be 1

Microsoft Edge (legacy) - Find on page

Wunderlist - Search

Foxit PDF Reader 2.0 - Find Text

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - Find something on this page

GoldWave - Pastes the clipboard into the sound at the finish marker's position.

E-Sword - Find Editors only

Roll20 - Brush tool

Quicken 2018 - Find a transaction

EasyWorship - Open the Alerts window, select the Foldback tab, and open the New simple message alert (Foldback) window

Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Find on page

NextPVR 5.1 - Fast-forward DVD

NextPVR 5.1 - Fast-forward (if previously paused)

NextPVR 5.1 - Fast-forward recording

Lynx 2.8.9 - Scroll down to next page

Hacklily - Find

Hardware (2)

Everlaw - Search

Everlaw - Search

Imaging (90)

Photopea 5.4 - Find

QGIS 3.10 - Filter…

Siemens NX - Fit

CorelDRAW 2020 - Find and Replace

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Find in Project panel

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Find in Timeline panel

Adobe After Effects 2021 - Find in Timeline panel

Zbrush 2023.1 - Fill Layer

Krita 4.2.2 - Apply filter again

Paint.NET - Repeat last effect

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Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows) - Find...

PureRef - Maximize

Blender - Faces menu

Adobe Photoshop CC - Search across Photoshop UI, Help & Learn content, and Adobe Stock assets. For more information, see Photoshop search.

Moho 13 - Freeze points

Moho 13 - Freeze pose

Adobe Illustrator - Paste in front

Nuke - Full Screen

MagicaVoxel - Display frame

OpenToonz 1.4 - New FX…

Creo Parametric 8 - Find

Paint Tool SAI - Fill layer

PowerDirector 17 - Fast forward

IrfanView - Find

Harmony 20 - Toggle full screen

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Cycle Selection Method

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Freeze Selected

ACDSee - Opens the Batch Convert File Format dialog box

Corel Painter - Fill

Adobe Lightroom Classic - Find photo in the Library module

Navisworks Freedom 2020 - Displays the Quick Find dialog box.

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 (Windows) - Go to specified scene

DigiKam 8.1.0 - Search…

AutoCAD - Toggle running object snaps

Gmsh 4.1.4 - Enter full screen

Darktable 2.6.3 - Darkroom > Toggle film strip

Darktable 2.6.3 - Map > Toggle film strip

Darktable 2.6.3 - Print > Toggle film stripp

Darktable 2.6.3 - Tethering > Toggle film strip

3D Coat - Show / hide freeze

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Frame selection

RadiAnt Dicom Viewer - Search and download studies from PACS locations

RadiAnt Dicom Viewer - Search and import studies from PACS servers

Photo Mechanic (Windows) - Find

PaintShop Pro 2018 - Selections float

ArtRage Studio Pro - Redo Last Filter

QCad 3.22.0 - Find / Replace

Tahoma2D 1.1 - New FX…

Daz Studio 4.15 - Frame selection

vecta.io - Find and replace text

Aspire 10 - Zoom to fit Job

Blender 3.4.1 - List filter

Blender 3.4.1 - Face

Blender 3.4.1 - Radial control

Blender 3.4.1 - Radial control

Blender 3.4.1 - Radial control

Blender 3.4.1 - Radial controls

Blender 3.4.1 - Filter channels

Blender 3.4.1 - Filter channels

Blender 3.4.1 - Filter channels

Blender 3.4.1 - Radial control

Blender 3.4.1 - Find node

Blender 3.4.1 - Filter

Blender 3.4.1 - Filter

Blender 3.4.1 - Find

Blender 3.4.1 - Filter channels

Balsamiq Wireframes - Find

MicroDicom DICOM Viewer - Flip vertical

PhotoScape - Film effect

GIMP - Repeat last plug-in

Inkscape - Find

Affinity Photo - Repeat Filter

LDView - Zoom to fit

DraftSight 2023 - Find and replace Text in Notes, Annotations, and Dimension Text

Glimpse 0.1.2 - Repeat last

Modo 12.1 - Restart preview (only in the Preview viewport)

Modo 12.1 - Fit visible

Modo 12.1 - Focus under cursor

Marmoset Hexels - Fill Selection

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 - Freeze from Paint Layer

Creo Elements / Direct Modeling 20.1 - Search

Aseprite 1.2.27 (Windows) - Advanced mode

Poser Pro 12 - Display > Camera View > From Front

Tribble LayOut 22.0 - Find

MarvinSketch - Select conformer

Exposure X7 7.1.5 - Full screen

ArtWeaver 7 Plus - Fill...

Penpot (Windows) - Search

Mylio Photos (Windows) - Find (Map and Calendar only)

AutoCAD LT (2024) - Toggle running object snaps

Media player (23)

GOM Player - Forward 10 sec

Tidal - Search

MPC-BE 1.5.4 - Toggle exclusive full screen

Celluloid 0.23 - Enter search mode

PotPlayer 1.7 - Manage filters...

SMPlayer 19.5.0 - Open file

foobar2000 - Search

VLC Media Player - Open browse folder menu

Windows Media Player 11 - Play the previous song

Windows Media Player 11 - Play the previous video

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AIMP - Advanced search

KMPlayer - Open folder

Popcorn Time - Search

OpenShot 2.6 - Import files

Corel Photo-Paint 2021 - Repeat > Last effect

MediaMonkey - Search

Spotify - Filter (For Songs and Playlists)

Microsoft Groove - Skip to next song

iTunes 11 for Windows - Select the search field

MusicBee - Custom search

Amarok (Windows) - Activate Search Bar

Roon - Search

Tidal Web Player - Search

Productivity (231)

Epic - Find

OpenBoard 1.6 - Selector

Microsoft Access 2019 - Open the Find tab in the Find and Replace dialog box in the Datasheet view or Form view

Microsoft Access 2019 - Go to the Navigation PaneSearch box (if the focus is already on the Navigation Pane)

Microsoft Access 2019 - Open the Find tab in the Find and Replace dialog box (Datasheet view and Form view only)

Microsoft Excel 2019 - Displays the Find and Replace dialog box, with the Find tab selected

Davinci Resolve 17 (Windows) - Cinema Viewer

Virtual DJ 2018 - Search

Marvellous Designer 7.1 - 3D garment > Arrangement > Reset 3D arrangement (selected)

Double Commander 1.1.20 - Find text

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Double Commander 1.1.20 - Find text

Double Commander 1.1.20 - Find text

WPS Office - Displays the Find dialog box

Traktor Pro 3 - Search

SAGE PE Batigest i7 - Set the selling price of the current line

Adobe InDesign 2020 (Windows) - Find/Change...

MindManager 21 - Find

Studio One 5.4 - Search

LibreOffice - Activates the Find toolbar

Viz Artist 4.4 - Focus on the search input field

Okular - Edit > Find…

Sioyek - Open the search menu

Evolution - Forward selection

Vegas Pro 18 - Post-edit ripple affected tracks, bus tracks, markers, and regions

Author-It - Find

Newtek Tricaster - Select Fade Transition

Sumatra PDF - Find text

Aegisub - Search for text in the subtitles

Ableton Live 10 - Search in Browser

MetaTrader 5 - Enable "Crosshair"

Onyx - Fade Time

Nuendo 10 - Find track / Channel

Microsoft To Do - Search

Microsoft To Do - Search

Mural - Search element within a mural

WinMerge 2.16.10 - Find text (opens Find dialog)

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Fit content

Cakewalk by Bandlab - [Media] Toggle folders

Avid Media Composer 2021.9 - Timeline finder

WPS Spreadsheets - Display the Find dialog box

memoQ 10.5 - Find... (open the Quick find window)

memoQ 10.5 - Find text

JOSM (OpenStreetMap editor) - Search

PDFgear (Windows) - Find

QuickBooks Desktop - Find

Relativity - Find

Movavi Video Editor - Open project

Active Trader Pro - Move cursor into the search bar

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Auto-Fade

Microsoft Publisher 2021 - Display the Find and Replace task pane, with the Find option selected

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Forward

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Forward a message

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Forward

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Create a message with selected contact as subject

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Forward a task as an attachment

Xactimate - Fence

Lucidchart - Open find and replace tool

Edius Pro 9 - Match Frame (Player to Recorder)

Ninja Trader 8 - Data series

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Toggle between Files types (WAV or AIFF)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Create Fades (open Fades dialog)

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Show Event Filter dialog

Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - Simple search

ProPresenter (macOS) - Search

Celtx (Windows) - Find And Replace

Celtx (Windows) - Find And Replace

Celtx (Windows) - Find And Replace

Macro Pulover - Find / Replace

Calibre 6.25.0 - Start search

Subtitle Edit 4.0.7 - Find

OnlyOffice Spreadsheet Editor - Open 'Find' dialog window

HDSDR - Switch Mode to FM

Calibre 8.4 - Focus the Search bar

LibrePCB 1.3.0 - Find

Evernote for Windows (legacy) - Find Within Note

Google Sheets - Find

ActivePresenter 7 - Find

Bluebeam Revu - Search

AutoQuotes - Find in spreadsheet

CintaNotes 3.13 - Move focus to the search box.

Edraw Max 9.4 - Flip the selected shape or shapes vertically

yEd 3.19 - Find…

Era-Ignite - Browse forward

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - Quick Search

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - Quick Search

Zotero 5.0 (Windows) - Find and Replace

Xmind - Find / Replace

Evernote 10.9.10 - Find Within Note

The Raiser's Edge - Find

FineReader 15 - Find Recent Documents

FineReader 15 - Find...

FineReader 15 - Find...

Autodesk Vault 2022 - Find

Creo View 8 - Find

Scribus - Search (and Replace) text

Perceptive Content - Find

Smartsheet (Windows) - Find information within a sheet

Serato DJ - Move cursor to search

VCarve Pro 10 - Zoom to fit Job

Google Slides (PC) - Find

WordPerfect Office Suite 2021 - Find & replace

UltraTax CS 2023 - In input screens, changes to form view.

Caseware Working Papers - Find an item

Frescobaldi 3.2 - Find

Express Scribe 13.24 - Find

Evolution Mail and Calendar - Forward selection

TheBrain 14 - Find & Replace

Laserfiche Cloud - Focus on search bar.

Scrivener 3.1 - Find...

Scrivener 3.1 - Filter...

Accounting CS - Find (unhides the Find toolbar when it is hidden)

The Bat! - Refilter messages

The Bat! - Find text

Freemind - Find

Google Translator Toolkit - Find and replace

MindMeister - Find topic

Google Sheets (Android) - Find

Logo Accounting - Search

Kindle for PC - Search

Nimbus Note - Search in notes

Microsoft Sticky Notes - Search

Lacerte - Find text

Tableau - Activate the find command in the Data pane

Oracle RightNow - Forward

Oracle RightNow - Find (in an explorer)

Oracle RightNow - Forward (from a report)

Todoist - Open search (Windows 10)

Todoist - Open search

MYOB AccountRight - Cards list

Final Draft 11 (Windows) - Find

Excel for the web - Find

Tracktion T7 DAW (Windows) - Expand or collapse folder tracks

Engagement CS - Find a record (based on the text you specify)

CCH Axcess Tax - Open the Find window.

Articulate Storyline - Spot any word on the slide

Adobe Captivate 2019 - Find/replace a particular object in the project Library

Miro - Search

Salesforce - (macOS) Go to right

Salesforce - (Windows) Find

Salesforce - (macOS) Go to right

Airtable - Opens find bar. Use Esc to close find bar

Trader Workstation 980 - Search Trader Workstation

MuseScore 3 - Find / Go to

Finale 26 - Modify: Flip tie

Finale 26 - Modify: Flip tie

Finale 26 - Edit: flip a tie

Finale 26 - SmartFind and Paint > Set SmartFind source

Finale 26 - SmartFind and Paint > Deselect SmartFind source

Finale 26 - Select or deselect the SmartFind Source Region

Monday.com (Windows & macOS) - Search board

Sage 50 - Find

RX 8 Audio Editor (Windows) - Find Similar Event Window

Zeplin - Search screen

Sierra Chart (version 2296) - Gann fan

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Search the window popup

RoomSketcher - Display Search popup to search

ProPresenter 7 (Windows) - Search

Veritas eDiscovery Platform - Search in Native Viewer

Centricity EMR - Open the Find Patient window

TallyPrime - Autofill details

FeatureCAM 2023 - Find (text in a text window). The cursor must be in a text window

Cengage Mindtap - Find item

OBIEE 12.2 - Open, then Offline

Diagrams.net - Find/Replace

Google Docs (Chrome OS) - Find

PerfectTablePlan v6.2 - Find in Guests, Groups, Floor plan, Schematic or Proximity pane

Incredible Charts (Windows) - Open Project (see File)

Syncfusion Bigdata Studio - Begin search

Quire.io (Windows) - Search within page

Configura Cet Designer - Search

Gramps 5.1 - Activate the Find field

Gramps 5.1 - Activate the Father button (if present)

Helix Core Visual Client 2022.3 - Find

M*Modal Editor - Find text

ChartNet Editor - Find text

GitHub (Enterprise Server 3.8) - Start searching in file editor

GitHub (Enterprise Server 3.8) - Focus filter field

Oracle PeopleSoft - Edit find

Todoist (Android) - Open Search

Alchemy Catalyst 2023 - Edit > Find & Replace

Zulip Terminal - Autocomplete @mentions, #stream_names, :emoji: and topics

Chief Architect X15 - Find/Replace Text

Cinema 4D - Show Search Bar

Cinema 4D - Fullscreen Mode

Cinema 4D - Go to Previous Key

Cinema 4D - Go to Current Frame (Cursor Dependent)

Cinema 4D - Show Search Bar (Cursor Dependent)

Cinema 4D - Search Bar

Google Slides (Android) - Find

Samsung DeX (2023) - Open the Find bar

BricsCAD 23 - Launches the FIND command.

Studio Pro 10 - Open search dialog box

Sound Particles 2.1 (Windows) - Enter full-screen

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find filename

Beyond Compare 5 - Find filename

Beyond Compare 5 - Find filename

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

Beyond Compare 5 - Find

iManage Work - Search

Banana Accounting (Windows) - Find

FBReader 2.0 - Activate search

CaseView 2022 - Find an item

Pharmacy Manager 16.4 - Select form type

Pharmacy Manager 16.4 - Select items on a placed order

Pharmacy Manager 16.4 - Align MAR sheet

VisualSubSync - Find…

Scala (2.46t) - Base frequency

Jubler Subtitle Editor - Replace > Find and Replace

Surge XT (Qwert layout) - Find patch

OnlyOffice Presentation Editor - Open 'Find' dialog window

Mixxx 2.4.2 - Focus search bar

Denemo 2.6 - Seek Locations

MusicBrainz Picard 2.12.3 (Windows) - Focus search

Superlist (Windows) - Open search

AnyType 0.44 - Search in object

Clarity Human Services (Windows) - Find in this page

Vcc live - Search contacts

Affinity Publisher 2 - Find

Movie Magic Budgeting (Windows) - Find

P4 Plan - Toggle find window

Defold 1.10.0 - Find...

Construct 3 - Find by text

Construct 3 - Flip image

Scientific (52)

KiCad 5.0.2 - Find item

KiCad 5.0.2 - Find item

KiCad 5.0.2 - Run FpEditor

Google Earth Pro - Find

Catia V5 - Run the Search… command

Archicad 24 - Find & Select...

Archicad 24 - Find & Replace...

Altium Designer - Find text

Altium Designer - Toggle the Flash/Point selection mode On or OFF

Altium Designer - Access the Find Text dialog in which you can configure a search for specific text located in the current document, all text-based documents in the active project, all open text-based documents, or all text-based documents in a specified directory

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Femap 2020.2 - Fillet…

Femap 2020.2 - Fillet curves

Femap 2020.2 - List, Functions*

Rhino 6 - FindText

GeoGebra - Refresh Views

Tekla Structures 20 - Open component catalog

Maple - Find/Replace

Maple - Cursor Right

OriginLab Origin (2024) - Edit : Find

OriginLab Origin (2024) - Open the simple Find dialog. (Notes)

OriginLab Origin (2024) - Right click on a ROI and select Apply Scale to Graph

MicroStation V8i - Save settings

EasyEDA - Find Component

RocFall2 - Tools > Edit Tools > Format Tool

Solidworks 2019 - Find / replace

Originlab Origin 2020 - Open the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog. (Workbook, Graph)

Originlab Origin 2020 - Open the simple Find dialog. (Notes)

LabView - Finds objects or text

LabView - Opens the Icon Editor Properties dialog to the Text Tool page

PowerScribe 360 - Find

Leapfrog Geo 2023.2 - Search for objects

JMP 15 - Find

Autodesk Inventor (2022) - FIND / Presents the Find Part Sketches dialog box in part files; opens the Find Assembly Components dialog box in assembly files.

Alteryx - Show the Find Tool window

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Edit Find...

OrCAD Capture - Find

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - Open the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog. (Workbook, Graph)

Originlab Origin 2020 (Mac keyboard) - Open the simple Find dialog. (Notes)

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Call up search function

Vectorworks 2020 - Send to Front

TrueCAD 2021 - Toggle entity snaps on or off (Typed entry: ESNAP)

Multisim - Find

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Go to the search box

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Open the Locate pane

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Open Find and Replace in model report

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Zoom to full extent

ArcGIS Pro 3.2 - Display the Find and Replace commands

FlowJo (Windows) - Find

FlowJo (Windows) - Bring Forward

FlowJo (Windows) - To File

FlowJo (Windows) - Copy Histogram Function

Maptek Vulcan - When in Isis, pressing these keys allows you to search for fields or records in the database containing some specified text or matching a condition.

Security (15)

KeePass - Find

KeePass - Find

Burp Suite - Forward intercepted Proxy message

KeepassXC 2.6.4 - Focus search

KeeWeb 1.12.3 - Search

Kaspersky Internet Security - Run a search

Comodo IceDragon - Find

Comodo IceDragon - Find within page

1Password - Find items.

1Password - Find items.

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Dashlane - Find item

CryptoForge - Find

1Password (Android) - Find items

1Password (Linux) - Search for items

1Password (Linux) - Search 1Password

Soundpad - Search

Telegram - Search selected chat

Signal (desktop) - Search

Discord - Search

mIRC - In status/channel/query/etc. windows, opens a text search dialog

NewsBin Pro - Load NZB file

Nextcloud Talk - Search

Slack - Search the current channel or conversation

eM Client - Forward email

eM Client - Find and replace dialog box

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System tools (13)

MSI Afterburner - Voltage Curve - Open the voltage curve menu

KDE Plasma Desktop - Find

Everything - Focus and highlight the search edit

iTerm2 - Move forward one character

Royal TS - Focus search/filter text box (where applicable)

Registry Editor - Find

Remote Desktop Manager - Filter

Revo Uninstaller Pro 5.1.1 - Forced Uninstall

Revo Uninstaller Pro 5.1.1 - Add File(s)

PhraseExpress - Open the QuickSearch popup

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Bash (Unix shell) - Go right one character

WireShark 3.4.3 - Find a packet

lnav (The Log File Navigator) 0.11.2 - Toggle the enabled/disabled state of all filters in the current view.

Text editing (68)

PDF-XChange Editor - Find

Zathura 0.4.5 - Scroll a full page left, down, up or right

Notepad - Find

Microsoft Word 2019 - Open the search box in the Navigation task pane

Nuance Power PDF - Open search document window

Micro 2.0.13 (text editor) - Find

Kofax Power PDF - Open the Search panel.

Joplin - Search in current note

TeXstudio 4.7.2 - Find

TeXstudio 4.7.2 - Find

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TeXstudio 4.7.2 - Find

Sublime Text - Find

Microsoft OneNote - Open a search box to search all currently open notebooks

Nano - Go forward one character

OnlyOffice Document Editor - Open 'Find' dialog window

CherryTree 0.38.8 - Find into the Selected Node Content

Evince 3.32 - Show the toolbar that lets you search for words in the document. The search box is automatically highlighted when you press this, and the search will start as soon as you type some text. If you select a text in the document before searching, then the search will start using that text as input.

Kate (2024) - Find…

Kate (2024) - Format

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC - Find box (use F6 to jump between window elements to get back to the document)

Microsoft FrontPage - Find text or HTML on a Web page.

Overleaf - Find and replace

Overleaf - Find and replace

Ultra Edit 2024.1 - Find a character string

Wordpad - Search for text in a document

GNU Emacs - Character - forward

PSPad - Find...

gedit - Find a string

Obsidian 0.12.15 - Search current file

AbiWord - Find…

Notepad2 - Find

FocusWriter - Find

Zim - Find in the current page

Zim - Search in the page list as shown

Xodo - Find

Ace Editor - Find

CudaText 1.88.3 - Find

Texmaker 5.0.4 - Find

Helix 23.10 - Move page down

Helix 23.10 - Move page down

Helix 23.10 - Forward a char

TeXworks - Find…

TeXworks - Find…

Joe's Own Editor - Right

WinMerge - Find text (opens Find dialog)

KompoZer - Find

Most used text editing - Opens find text dialog in most applications

WordPerfect X8 - Find and Replace

Brackets - Find

Bluefish - Find/Replace

QuarkXPress 2019 - Find / Change

Notepad3 (v5.21) - Find…

WPS Writer - Find

WriteMonkey - Find

TextRoom - Find

Metapad - Find

Dropbox Paper - Find and replace

Scrivener 1.9.9 - Find dialog

Simplenote - Move focus to search field

Simplenote - Search

Tomboy 0.23 - Open a Find window

Typora 0.9.81 - Find

Google Docs (PC) - Find

Zettlr (Windows) - Opens the search popup inside the editor that has currently focus (either the main editor or a Quicklook window)

RJ TextEd 16.31 - Find text in open documents or files

kdiff3 - Find

Quoll Writer - Show the find sidebar.

Quoll Writer - Show the find sidebar.

Web applications (8)

Twitch - Full screen view. Press Esc to return to normal size

Twitch - Full screen view. Press Esc to return to normal size

WhatsApp Web and Desktop - Search

Yahoo Mail - Switches to expanded view from side by side mode

TinyMCE - Find

Chromebook and Chrome OS - Search the current page

Shopify - Find

UpStox - Filter

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Developer tools (117)
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Games - PC (40)
General (49)
Hardware (2)
Imaging (90)
Media player (23)
Productivity (231)
Scientific (52)
Security (15)
Social & Messaging (13)
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Text editing (68)
Web applications (8)

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