# Find/Replace only selected items

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-only-selected-items/108583>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [July 16, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-only-selected-items/108583 "2025-07-16T21:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![TonyD\_MM2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TonyD\_MM2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/TonyD_MM2)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-only-selected-items/108583/1 "2025-07-16T21:23:23Z")

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Is there any way to use the find/replace only on selected items? So far I've been pasting my object onto a temp screen, then selected Views Selected views, but this is rather tedious. I'd much prefer to simply select 1 object, then Ctrl F would only search/replace the selected object, which is how most other programs work for me.

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**Author:** ![robertm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea5d25/32.png) [@robertm](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robertm)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-only-selected-items/108583/2 "2025-07-16T21:32:15Z")

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Not that im aware of within a single object. You can find/replace within a view or template, but like you, ill usually just copy the object to a temp window, and find/replace within that window.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-only-selected-items/108583/3 "2025-07-16T22:41:44Z")

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Try ctrl+R to bring up the configuration something rather.. With the component(s) selected. This will show the bindings scripts etc on those components that you can filter