# \[Bug-16892\]: Find/Replace does not scan bindings of View node properties

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16892-find-replace-does-not-scan-bindings-of-view-node-properties/37237>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16892-find-replace-does-not-scan-bindings-of-view-node-properties/37237 "2020-07-30T22:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![kyle.demerath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5e9695/32.png) [@kyle.demerath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyle.demerath)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16892-find-replace-does-not-scan-bindings-of-view-node-properties/37237/1 "2020-07-30T22:00:14Z")

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Should the find/replace be finding things in bindings of views? I have a view with a bunch of custom bindings that vary in the type of binding but are mostly tag (direct and indirect) and expression structure bindings. When I do a find/replace (with bindings checked and searching the view in question) it doesn’t find any of the matches in those bindings.

For instance it won’t find [default] in either of these bindings:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/2/c21305c45d948e2035b72313d91be14f0c030028.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/d/bdff37a3f483960cc20fa3fad2426e0a93f480c0.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/8/78642a03511ac4e4d217e96fbc12a9031544c9a7.png)

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**Author:** ![wking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/wking/32/21823_2.png) [@wking](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/wking)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16892-find-replace-does-not-scan-bindings-of-view-node-properties/37237/2 "2020-07-30T22:12:16Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/2/02b6e131d7c70f9277d0b09cf6fa6c603e14e106.png)

To do that kind of work. I usually copy the json and send it to notepad++ and do it there and copy back

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**Author:** ![kyle.demerath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5e9695/32.png) [@kyle.demerath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyle.demerath)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16892-find-replace-does-not-scan-bindings-of-view-node-properties/37237/3 "2020-07-31T16:19:59Z")

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That may work, but it still appears to be a bug related to views. Bindings on objects inside the view appear to get searched properly, but not the bindings on the view itself.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-16892-find-replace-does-not-scan-bindings-of-view-node-properties/37237/4 "2020-08-03T16:34:15Z")

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This is a bug. In speaking with a developer, it sounds like an easy fix (just an oversight from earlier work), but it’s also a low priority. We’ve opened an internal ticket to address the issue, but it will likely be some time before a fix is implemented.