InstaSearch 1.3
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InstaSearch is an Eclipse plug-in for doing fast text search in the workspace. The search is performed instantly as-you-type and resulting files are displayed in an Eclipse view. It is a lightweight plug-in based on Apache Lucene search engine.
Each file then can be previewed using few most matching and relevant lines. A double-click on the match leads to the matching line in the file.
Main Features
- Instantly shows search results
- Shows suggestions using auto-completion
- Shows a preview using relevant lines
- Matches partial words
- Opens and highlights matches in files
- Searches jar source attachments

Additional Details
- Version Number: 1.3
- Eclipse Versions: 3.6, 3.7
- Organization: Andrejs Jermakovics
- Date Created: 18/12/2009
- Date Updated: 20/12/2011
- Development Status: Production/Stable
- License: EPL
- Submitted by: Andrejs Jermakovics
- This listing has been installed 160 times in the last 30 days.
By Petr 'PePa' Pavel
excellent plug-in
It's fast as hell and the author is very responsive to community suggestions and bug reports. If you have any issue create a ticket at the project's website and it will be resolved quickly.
It's on a good way to become a replacement for the default file search.
Thank you!
Petr
By tomikb
how i use it?
hi. How I use InstaSearch after instainstalling? I can't assign key to InstaSearch, can't open InstaSearch view :-( I use Zend Studio 7.2.
Thank you for tips. Tom.
By Alexandra Niculai

