In STS (Spring Tool Suite) version, We have this quick search plugin (Ctrl+Shift+L) that quickly spawns a dialog box that progressively displays all found occurences of the text provided in the project. Is there such thing in IntelliJ IDEA?
A good description of the plugin can be found here: http://spring.io/blog/2013/07/11/eclipse-quick-search
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You can use the following shortcuts for helping you to navigate throughout your code:
Ctrl + N - Search for classes
Ctrl + Shift + N - Search for file name
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N - Search for symbol name
Using a mixture of those you'll be able to find places in your program.
Ctrl + Shift + F
Allows you to search within the path
Shift + Shift brings up the "Search Anywhere" popup
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"Find in Path" is probably what you're looking for. It is probably bound to ctrl+shift+f or cmd+shift+f, depending on your key bindings and whether you are on Mac / Windows / or Linux. It can also be found under the "Edit", "Find" menu.
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The thing that makes quick search in eclipse so awesome is the snappy as-you-type result feedback.
You can get this in intellij w/ ctrl+shift+f or cmd+shift+f as others mentioned, but to truly emulate the eclipse quick search plugin you will want to switch to the Preview tab (in version 15, anyway).
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I want this feature too, and it's not quite there, but could be.
The best you can do is to train your fingers as follows:
The problem is that you can't open just the file that you want, unless, you type enough that there is only one match which will open if you select:
This will open the file instead of showing the results
It's also handy to set up File mask(s) to only the files that are relevant to you (for example for me I want results in .ts (for Typescript including TSX, but not .js)
You can use shortcut key: Shift+Shift. You have to press double shift button