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The wording for the Find dialog should probably be changed to make more consistent with IDE. Instead of "Find What" use something like "Search results for the following term" The button should say "Search", not "Find" I am assuming it just does a search for some text. Are regular expressions supported? or is it only the name of the package/class/method. There is no indication when no results are found. The Find button is also available on comparisons of snapshots, but it doesnt seem to work for that. Also, I am often getting a strange empty Progress box for some actions. Eg In this case it was when using the Find. It appeared i think after a minute, and then when i canceled out of the Find I had to close the Progress box manually.
There is Issue 86702 that covers "The Find button is also available on comparisons of snapshots, but it doesn't seem to work for that". See also Issue 97664 and Issue 100376.
Using NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200706251800), I've invoked Find action (Ctrl+F) in editor: - Dialog caption: "Find" - Label next to the textfield: "Find What:" - Dialog buttons: "Find" "Close" then I've invoked Find action (Ctrl+F) in CPU snapshot: - Dialog caption: "Find in Results" - Label next to the textfield: "Find What:" - Dialog buttons: "Find" "Cancel" The only inconsistency is Close vs. Cancel button which is caused by the fact that the first dialog isn't modal whereas the second is. This part is thus WONTFIX. Implemented a dialog with information that no results have been found if that happens. That's why closing this issue as FIXED. There is no progress used for Find in Results, skipping this part as INVALID in context of this issue. Please file a separate issue for this problem with more detailed description and steps how to reproduce. FYI, only method/class/package names (without the arguments part like "(boolean)") in first column are searched. Fixed for Beta1.