Doc: Add a section about finding and filtering output

The standard "find in file" functionality is now used, so
link to it. For filtering, describe the options.

Change-Id: I379d23fbc35ebfbbfef1d6fa3007af5b9d7f23b4
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>
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Leena Miettinen
2020-03-02 14:42:13 +01:00
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of an output pane to open the pane. To maximize an open output pane, click of an output pane to open the pane. To maximize an open output pane, click
the \uicontrol {Maximize Output Pane} button or press \key {Alt+9}. the \uicontrol {Maximize Output Pane} button or press \key {Alt+9}.
To search within the \uicontrol{Application Output} and \uicontrol{Compile Output}
panes, press \key {Ctrl+F} when the pane is active. Enter search criteria in
the \uicontrol Find field and click the left and right arrows to search down and
up in the pane.
To increase or decrease the output text size, select \inlineimage plus.png To increase or decrease the output text size, select \inlineimage plus.png
(\uicontrol {Zoom In}) or \inlineimage minus.png (\uicontrol {Zoom In}) or \inlineimage minus.png
(\uicontrol {Zoom Out}), or press \key Ctrl++ or \key Ctrl+-. Zooming is (\uicontrol {Zoom Out}), or press \key Ctrl++ or \key Ctrl+-. Zooming is
not supported in all output panes. not supported in all output panes.
To filter the output, enter a string in the \uicontrol Filter field.
Filtering is not supported in all output panes.
To open the \uicontrol{General Messages} and To open the \uicontrol{General Messages} and
\if defined(qtcreator) \if defined(qtcreator)
\l{Using Version Control Systems}{Version Control} \l{Using Version Control Systems}{Version Control}
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For more information about the \uicontrol {QML Debugger Console} view, see For more information about the \uicontrol {QML Debugger Console} view, see
\l{Executing JavaScript Expressions}. \l{Executing JavaScript Expressions}.
\section1 Finding and Filtering Output
To search from output, press \key {Ctrl+F} when the pane is active. Enter
search criteria in the \uicontrol Find field. For more information, see
\l{Finding and Replacing}.
Besides searching from the output, you can enter a string in the
\uicontrol Filter field to filter it. To specify filtering options,
select the \inlineimage magnifier.png "Filtering options menu"
button. You can filter output by using regular expressions or
case-sensitivity. Select \uicontrol {Show Non-matching Lines} to
hide the lines that match the filter.
Finding and filtering are not supported in all output panes.
\section1 Issues \section1 Issues
The \uicontrol{Issues} pane provides lists of following types of issues: The \uicontrol{Issues} pane provides lists of following types of issues: