# Searching in text viewer

**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/searching-in-text-viewer/10610
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [May 1, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/searching-in-text-viewer/10610 "2011-05-01T02:32:47Z")
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### Author: ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/searching-in-text-viewer/10610/2 "2011-05-01T05:29:28Z")

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I don't think there is a way to do that at the moment. The text viewer can search but it doesn't have any knowledge of the last Find/Search operation, so you have to re-type (or copy & paste) the search string as you say.

There's no reason that couldn't be changed, though. It might be worth [sending a feature request](http://www.gpsoft.com.au/Support.html) so it's added to the list of ideas.

The Grep Dir button on my [Diff/Merge Toolbar](https://resource.dopus.com/t/diff-merge-toolbar/2025/1) may also be of interest, although it's not perfect. It'll let you type a string and then see a list of the files containing the string, and the lines that contain it. But the list appears outside of Opus so you then have to manually select the files.

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