# Find/Replace function is not working well after upgrade into 8.1.27 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective, vision, ignition81\ **Created:** [May 4, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-function-is-not-working-well-after-upgrade-into-8-1-27/73231 "2023-05-04T01:31:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-function-is-not-working-well-after-upgrade-into-8-1-27/73231/10 "2024-11-12T17:19:59Z")
For Vision specifically, _with template parameters and other dynamic properties_, this is a known limitation of find & replace: > [@Find and replace in designer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-and-replace-in-designer/97256/3): > > I'm pretty sure this is a known issue that we've looked at fixing and discarded, unfortunately. I don't remember the exact reasoning, but it's something to do with the way dynamic properties (such as template parameters), particularly their values, don't really exist unless the window/template is open in memory. So if "all windows" truly did a deep search of all windows, it would suddenly attempt to open every single window and template in your project, which very quickly becomes impossible on r… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-function-is-not-working-well-after-upgrade-into-8-1-27/73231)._