Overview
Content search lets you find text inside files — not just filenames. Think of it as grep with a native macOS interface and powerful result navigation.
Basic Usage
Section titled “Basic Usage”- Click the Content Search tab in the sidebar
- Enter the text you want to find
- Optionally add file name filters to narrow the search scope
- Press Enter or click Search
- Browse results — click any match to open at that line in your editor
Search Options
Section titled “Search Options”Case Sensitive
Section titled “Case Sensitive”Toggle case-sensitive matching. When off (default), readme matches README.
Whole Word
Section titled “Whole Word”Match only complete words. Searching for cat won’t match “catalog”.
Regex Match
Section titled “Regex Match”Use regular expressions for advanced pattern matching inside file contents.
Content keywords always use “Must contain” logic — all search terms must appear in the file content. Toggle Case Sensitive, Whole Word, or Regex using the buttons above the input.
File Name Filters
Section titled “File Name Filters”File name filters use the same matching modes as file search keywords. See Search Syntax for details.
What Can Be Searched
Section titled “What Can Be Searched”Liuer can search inside:
- Plain text files with automatic encoding detection (UTF-8, GBK, Shift-JIS, and many more)
- Compressed files (gzip, bzip2, xz, zstd) — no manual extraction needed
- ZIP archives with configurable size limits
- PDF documents
- Multiple office document formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
See Supported Formats for details.