Question

One thing I miss about moving from eclipse to intelliJ is the InstaSearch plugin that would let you to search the source code codes of your entire project very quickly, really simple and effective.

Is there such a functionality in intelliJ either baked in or added via a plugin?

Answer 1

IntelliJ supports search and replace in your entire project.

To find a text in all files within the specified path
1. On the main menu, choose Edit | Find | Find in Path, or press Ctrl+Shift+F.
2. In the Find In Path Dialog, specify the following options:

• Text to find (you can select one from the recent history drop-down list).
• Search scope (project, module or directory).
• Search options (case sensitivity, whole words, and regular expressions).

See instructions here.