Learn how to find and replace code, text, or tags (with or without attributes) within a current document, folder, site, or across all open documents.
Use Dreamweaver’s powerful find and replace features to find and replace code, text, or tags (with or without attributes) within a current document, folder, site, or across all open documents.
You can also use powerful pattern-matching algorithms (regular expressions) for sophisticated find-and-replace operations.
Here are some of the things you can find and replace:
You can search for text, tags, and attributes even if there is no open document in Dreamweaver.
In an open document, click Find > Find in Current Document, or press Ctrl + F (on Windows), or Cmd+F (on Mac) to open the Quick Find bar docked at the bottom of your current document.
If you want to also replace text, click Find > Replace in Current Document, or press Ctrl + H (on Windows), or Cmd + Alt + F (on Mac) to open the Quick Find and Replace bar.
In the Find field, type in the text you are looking to find in the current document.
As you type, Dreamweaver automatically highlights all instances of the search string in the current document.
Dreamweaver displays the number of instances of the found text in the Quick Find and Replace bar, and you can navigate through the results by using the Previous and Next arrows.
Use the following filters to expand or limit your search:
To replace found text or tags, type in the Replace field, then click Replace or Replace All.
To walk through the found instances of the page, and replace them individually, click Replace, and use the next and previous arrows to navigate to other instances of the search term within the document.
To replace all instances of the search term instantly, click Replace All. Dreamweaver replaces all the found instances, and provides a report of all the terms found and replaced.
You can find all search terms across multiple documents, within the folder, or within your site.
Select Find > Find and Replace in Files or press Ctrl + Shift + F (on Windows), or Cmd + Shift + F (on Mac) to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
When Find and Replace in Files is opened for the first time, the Search in Entire Current Local Site is the default option. If you make a different selection, Dreamweaver remembers your selection and makes your selected option the default option.
Type in the text in the Find text field and select any of the following options in the drop-down list:
Use the following filters to expand or limit your search:
The Search Text Only filter is disabled in the Advanced tab in the Find and Replace dialog.
Do one of the following:
Double-click a search result in the Search Results panel and Dreamweaver navigates to its location and places the cursor at the location of the text.
You can search for specific tags, attributes, and attribute values. For example, you can search for all img tags that have no Alt attribute.
You can also search for specific text strings that are within or not within a set of container tags. For example, you can search for the word Untitled contained in a title tag to find all the untitled pages on your site.
Find and replace tags, attributes, and text in code within the currently open document
Open the document to search in. Then select Find > Find in Current Document.
To search for specific text within a tag, type the text string in the Find field, and select a tag from the drop-down field next to it.
Dreamweaver highlights all instances of the specified text within the specified tags on the page being searched.
Find and replace tags, attributes, and text in code across several documents:
Select Find > Find and Replace in Files or press Ctrl + Shift + F (on Windows), or Cmd + Shift + F (on Mac) to open the Find and Replace dialog box.
In the Advanced tab, select one of the following Find in options:
Type in the search parameters, and the required action.
Do one of the following:
Double-click a search result in the Search Results panel and Dreamweaver navigates to its location and places the cursor at the location of the text.
To view search results:
Select Window > Results > Search to display the search results within the Search panel.
Double-click a search result in the Search panel to view that instance within your document.
Right-click the icon at the top of the Search panel to open the pop-up menu that provides more options for checking in and checking out files (if you are using a version control system), do more find and replace operations, clear search results, or close the Search panel.
Select Find > Find and Replace.
To save queries, click the Save icon as shown in the Find and Replace dialog and choose the destination to save the file as .dwr file.
To load queries, click the Load icon and choose the .dwr query file from your computer.
By default, saving and loading search queries is not enabled in Dreamweaver 2017 and 2018 versions. However, if you really need to be able to save and load search queries, then complete the following steps to enable this feature.
Make sure you have Dreamweaver 2017.1 installed. Open Dreamweaver and use the Advanced Find and Replace dialog at least once, and then close Dreamweaver.
On Windows:
If you cannot find Advanced Find and Replace in your Windows Registry Editor, clear your Dreamweaver preferences, and open Dreamweaver again.
On Mac:
Right-click and create a string value with ShowHiddenOptions.
Add the value data as TRUE.
Close the Registry Editor.
