User Interface Features to Manage a Large Number of Files and Their Application to Management of a Large Number of Test Scripts

摘要

Improved user interface features to manage a large number of files and their application to management of a large number of test scripts. Various features related to selection of files of interest, locating files matching (or not containing) search strings potentially of several lines, highlighting the occurrences of desired strings in the content of a file, finding and replacing strings of interest potentially of several lines, are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method of enabling a user to search in a content of a file, said method comprising:
providing a user interface in which said user enters a sequence of characters representing multiple text lines in a display, wherein each text line is displayed in a corresponding physical line on said display; enabling said user to enter a search string containing a plurality of text lines according to said user interface such that said plurality of text lines are displayed in corresponding plurality of physical lines in said display; and identifying a plurality of occurrences of said search string in said content.