1.11.3. C/C++ Sensitive Search

Just like Advanced Search, Eclipse/CDT can also search C/C++ specific.

C/C++ Search

The options are self-explanatory. Any Element and All Occurrences would search all the types of Elements.

Disabled options when selected to search everything

There is more than what meets the eye. Just like the scope resolution operator of C++, :: is the magic separator.

So, searching for *::in would find us all the class/structures that have in as the member field.

Searching for all usage of field in

We can also extend the view. From Menu Options , we to get Advanced search options.

Advanced search options

If we enable Show Enclosing Definitions, we can See the Search results with function/structure names

See the Search results with function/structure names

Similarly, with Show as List, we can See the Search results in table format.

See the Search results in table format

1.11.3.1. Quickly search references

Ctrl + G is a quick short-cut. Just select an element, and press Ctrl + G. Eclipse will quickly show us the contextual references of the given element.

To quickly go to the next/previous element, you may have to enable the Annotations