File name filter (File mask) not working as expected

Hi there,

It's working as expected (accordingly to the docs: https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/help/find-and-replace-in-path.html?search=find )

I have not found any docs where it says that:

• it accepts folder names
• it accepts exclusion patterns

Your best option would be using custom scope instead (that would exclude all unwanted folders)

Thanks.  That seems like a lot of extra work to me.  I imagine the omission of this feature exists to encourage an alternative practice whose relative advantages I don't yet understand, especially considering that doing it as I expect makes enough sense to the designers of Sublime to support it in their product.

If I understand correctly, in order to run such a search, I must

1) locate the scopes editing dialog (WebStorm->Preferences)
2) learn the syntax to refer to the project folder ($Project)
3) type it into the box so that the directory tree appears,
4) select the excluded directory from the tree,
5) realize that I must also 'include' the main project folder.  (The system happily accepts a scope defined with nothing but an excluded folder.  Searches always return nothing with no error)
6) name and save the scope
7) select it in the "Custom" box
8) run the search
9) repeat 4-7 as needed

also, the help link on the "Find in Path" box takes me here: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/webstorm.html
rather than here https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/help/find-and-replace-in-path.html

also, also, I expected that checking the "Share scope" box meant that this search would be available in other projects, but it does not appear to be so. It seems that I must define the node_modules/ excluding scope in every project.  A search for "share scope" returns no results https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/webstorm.html?search=share%20scope

locate the scopes editing dialog (WebStorm->Preferences)

You can invoke that screen directly from "Find In Path" dialog as well (the "..." button)

repeat 4-7 as needed

If you always need to exclude certain folders .. then you will permanently save (with unique name) such scope.

also, the help link on the "Find in Path" box takes me here:

also, also, I expected that checking the "Share scope" box meant that this search would be available in other projects, but it does not appear to be so.

A search for "share scope" returns no results https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/webstorm.html?search=share%20scope

I've used the most generic "scope" and this info was in first link: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/scope.html?search=scope

Try the same next time: more generic text first; and navigate through related links if necessary -- that's exactly what I do when original search in help does not produce any obvious results.


As to actual subject:

I imagine the omission of this feature exists to encourage an alternative practice whose relative advantages I don't yet understand, especially considering that doing it as I expect makes enough sense to the designers of Sublime to support it in their product.

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-23316 and https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-106216 -- watch these tickets (star/vote/comment) to get notified on progress.

P.S.

Do you have subfolders of node_modules folder marked as excluded in "Settings | Project | Directories" ? As I understand they should be and therefore should not be listed in search results... (please note that I'm not doing any node/js development myself so could be wrong on this -- but this part is based on https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-14721 --> https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-11605 )

SOLUTION to exclude directory from search results:

Right click the directory you want to exclude -> Mark Directory As -> Exclude

REVERT:

Right click the directory you want to exclude -> Mark Directory As -> Cancel Exclusion