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To search for a node in the Node Editor:
1 Press Command-F, or right-click in an empty area of the Node Editor and choose Find
from the contextual menu.
2 When the Find dialog appears, do the following:
Enter a search term in the Find field.
Choose search options, such as whether to match the whole phrase in the Find field,
whether to match the case, whether to use a sequence number, or whether to use a
regular expression in the Find field.
Choose what to search. Options include tool name, tool type name, or tool type ID.
3 To perform the find, do one of the following:
Click Find Next to try to select a downstream node matching the criteria.
Click Find Previous to try to select an upstream node matching the criteria.
Click Find All to try to select all nodes in the Node Editor that match the criteria.
The Find window closes. If either the Find Next, Find Previous, or Find All operations are
successful, the found node or nodes are selected. If not, a dialog appears letting you know that
the string could not be found.
TIP: Finding all the nodes of a particular type can be very useful if you want, for
example, to disable all Resize nodes. Find All will select all the nodes based on the
search term, and you can temporarily disable them by pressing the shortcut for Bypass,
Command-P.
Using Regular Expressions
If you need to do more complicated searches, you can turn on the Regular Expression
checkbox, which lets you enter some simple expressions with which to create more complex
find operations. Some useful examples of regular expressions that are valuable include the use
of Character Sets.
Character Sets
Any characters typed between two brackets [ ] will be searched for. Here are some examples of
character set searches that work in Fusion.
[a-z]
Finds: Every node using a lower caps letter
[a-d]
Finds: Every lower caps letter from a to d, and will find nodes with a, b, c, or d
[Tt]
Finds: Every node with an upper case T or a lower case t
[aeiou]
Finds: Every vowel
[0-9]
Finds: Every numeral
[5-7]
Finds: Every numeral from five to seven, and will find nodes numbered with 5, 6, or 7
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