Searching for a Window

If you cannot locate a window in the tree or on screen, you can search for it using the find dialog. To open the find dialog, click the find icon or press Ctrl+F.

There are two ways to search: basic, where you can search for a window either by it's text/title, handle or class; and advanced, where you can specify multiple criteria to search by.

Basic search

Using the basic tab, you can search for a window using one of a few simple criteria.

Text	A string or sub-string to search for in the window's text (if it is a top-level window, this will be it's title). Tick the "Case Sensitive" check box to search matching the case. Tick the "Regular Expresion" check box to use regular expression matching. The type of regex syntax used depends on the settings, see Regex Preference
Handle	The HWND handle of the window to search for. This can be either an integer in base 10 (decimal) or base 16 (hexadecimal).
Class	The name of the window's class. The list of all registered classes are available in the drop-down list.

Advanced search

The advanced tab allows for more specific, detailed searches to be performed. You can add any number of search criteria, selecting a property to search for, a comparison operator, and a value to compare to.

Property	Lists all the window properties that can be searched. The following properties are available: Text Handle Window Class Styles Extended Styles Is Unicode Process Name Process Id Thread Id
Operator	For each property, a number of search operators is available. What operators are available depend on the type of property (e.g. text, number). Text has operators such as "equals", "contains" and "matches" (for regular expressions). Numbers have the usual operators, "equals", "less than", etc.
Value to find	This is the value to search for. As with operators, the acceptable values depend on the type of property. The input field will only accept a valid type. For windows and window classes, a drop-down list is provided to select from any existing object.
Boolean relation	Each search criteria is combined by a boolean relation - "and"/"or". If "and" is selected, both criteria must be true for each window searched. If "or" is selected, only one criteria needs to be true. Each relation operates on the result of the previous criteria, there is no way to specify order-of-operations. That is: A and B or C is treated as ((A and B) or C).
Add/Remove criteria	Adds or removes a criteria item. When adding, the new criteria item will be added after the one where the add button was pressed.

Performing the search

After you have entered the appropriate criteria, click the "Find" button. A results dialog will be shown listing all windows found. These windows are displayed in a list with columns similar to that in the hierarchy trees.
You also have the option of repeating the search by clicking the "Repeat Search" button on the results pane. This will re-run the search and update the list with the new results. This can be useful if some windows were changed since you first ran the search.