Searching Through Javadoc-Generated Documentation

You can search the Javadoc-generated HTML pages for a specific class, interface, constructor, method, or field. By default, the IDE performs the search using exact case matching.

To search Javadoc pages from the Source Editor:

  1. Place the pointer in the entity (class, interface, method, constructor, or field) whose documentation you want to find.
  2. Press Ctrl-F1.

    The Javadoc Index Search dialog box opens and displays a list of matches.

  3. Click the match that interests you.

    The documentation is displayed in the web browser in the Javadoc Index Search dialog box. To view the documentation in a separate browser window, double-click the match.

To search from the Javadoc Index Search dialog box:

  1. From the main window, choose View Javadoc Index Search (Ctrl-F1).
  2. In the Javadoc Index Search dialog box, type the entity you want to search for.

    To simplify your search, you can enter a fully qualified name such as java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object.hashCodeObject.hashCode.

  3. Click Find.

    The IDE displays a list of matches.

  4. Click the match that interests you.

    The documentation is displayed in the web browser in the Javadoc Index Search dialog box. To view the documentation in a separate browser window, double-click the match.

The IDE locates the documentation using the documentation search path, which you can set in the Javadoc tab in the Explorer.
See also
Mounting a Javadoc Filesystem
Turning Off Exact Case Matching
Generating Javadoc Documentation
Javadoc Index Search

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