Altova UModel 2025 Enterprise Edition

Finding and Replacing Text

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You can search for modeling elements, diagrams, text, and so on, inside any of following windows:

 

Diagram window

Model Tree window

Diagram Tree window

Favorites window

Documentation window

Messages window

 

The search scope is applicable to the window where the cursor is currently placed. Therefore, if you want to search for text inside a diagram, for example, click inside the diagram first. Likewise, if you want to search for an item in the UModel project, click inside the Model Tree window first.

To search for text or elements:

1.Click inside the window where you want to find text.

2.Do one of the following:

a.Type the search text in the text box of the main toolbar, and then click Find Next um_ic_find_next or press F3. To go to the previous occurrence, press Shift+F3.

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b.On Edit menu, click Find (or press Ctrl+F).

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Find and replace

You can also find and replace text (for example, in order to quickly rename modeling elements). When the element is found, it is highlighted in the diagram as well as in the Model Tree. Search and replace works in the following windows:

 

Diagram window

Model Tree window

Diagram Tree window

Favorites window

Documentation window

To find and replace text:

1.Click inside the window where you want to find/replace text.

2.Do one of the following:

c.Click the Replace um_ic_replace toolbar button.

d.On the Edit menu, click Replace (or press Ctrl+H).

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