# Ignition 8 Find and replace not working

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-find-and-replace-not-working/26907>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-find-and-replace-not-working/26907 "2019-07-26T14:49:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![brownd18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brownd18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brownd18)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-find-and-replace-not-working/26907/1 "2019-07-26T14:49:42Z")

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The find and replace function is not working correctly. It does replace all of the items found no matter how many time you press replace all or just replace.

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**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:** [July 26, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-find-and-replace-not-working/26907/2 "2019-07-26T15:25:03Z")

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Which items, in which area? Find and replace has to be individually implemented for each module, so knowing what you’re trying to replace would help a lot.

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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:** [July 26, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-find-and-replace-not-working/26907/3 "2019-07-26T15:36:07Z")

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The only way I was able to replicate this is if I manually selected each matching result so that the Replace portion of the window declared “X items selected”, at which point ONLY “Replace” is enabled, and the single press would indeed then replace all selected instances of the occurrence with the supplied replacement text.

Would you be able to supply a View you encountered this behavior in and what you were looking to replace? What version are you using currently?

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**Author:** ![brownd18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brownd18](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brownd18)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-find-and-replace-not-working/26907/4 "2019-07-26T16:39:39Z")

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I am using 8.0.2 the items trying to replace are within an OPC tag assigned in a UDT

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**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:** [April 17, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-find-and-replace-not-working/26907/5 "2020-04-17T16:09:32Z")

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