Navigate your workspace easily
Find, open, and edit anything — fast. No tab chaos. No hunting through folders. One editor, one place.
Skip the tab chaos and endless file hunting. UltraEdit unifies local, remote, and cloud files into one seamless, searchable workspace — so you stay in flow, not in folders.
Why Navigation Matters
As projects grow, so does the mess. Files scatter across folders, branches, and servers — and every tab switch breaks your focus. UltraEdit’s navigation suite gives you the command palette—a search bar for everything which allows you to use your keyboard exclusively.
Jump from idea → file → fix instantly, without breaking flow. UE’s navigation suite gives you a unified, search-driven workspace that helps you jump from idea to file to fix instantly.
- Open and edit directly from search results — no extra tabs needed.
- Results stay synced with the original file for real-time consistency.
- Ideal for rapid fixes across multiple files or projects.
- Learn more about Interactive Find in Files
- Search inside a single file, across folders, projects, or even remote directories.
- Support for regex, filters, and advanced conditions like case sensitivity and column-based search.
- Replace and save across all results with one click.
- See full guide: Find in Files
- Access and edit files from FTP/SFTP servers, Git repos, and cloud storage.
- Launch macros, tools, or scripts directly from the command palette.
- Perfect for power users and automated workflows.
- Read documentation: UltraFTP integration
- Launch UltraEdit or UEStudio directly from the command line.
- Open multiple files, set line and column positions, and run automated finds or macros.
- Use the command palette for fast navigation, history recall, and file opening with wildcards.
- Explore Command Line Parameters
Key Navigation Features
Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P)
Quickly search and execute any command, open files, or access settings — complete with autocomplete, wildcard support, and file history.
Command Pallete
Fast file opening with real-time path suggestions and Tab autocomplete
- Command palette search to find and execute any function, command, or setting instantly
- Command-Line Launch Invoke directly from terminal or scripts. Execute operations on launch.
- File history to reopen documents without remembering exact locations
- Wildcard support to open multiple files at once (e.g., *.php)
Interactive Find & Replace in Files
Search and edit across multiple files within a single unified results view. Replace and save all changes in one go — keeping edits synchronized between result view and original files.
Interactive Scaled
- Make changes that sync instantly with the actual files
- Bulk replace across all results with one command
- Collapse and expand results for easy navigation
Quick, Hex, and Advanced Find
Incremental search for fast, inline results. Includes special character and hex-level search for power users.
Quick Hex Scaled
- Regular expressions (Perl, UltraEdit, or Unix style)command, or setting instantly
- Column-specific search to target precise data positions
- Filter lines to show or hide matches
- Bookmark matches for quick reference
- Count occurrences before making changes
Find/Replace Favorites
Save your most-used search patterns and access them instantly — no need to retype or reconfigure.
Find Replaced Scaled
- Favorites system to pin your most-used commands and settings
- Create favorite strings to store frequently used find/replace strings
Advanced Sort & Filter
Sort results or entire files by any column, remove duplicates, and use locale-specific options to organize data.
Advanced Sort Scaled
- Multi-key sorting with up to 4 sort columns
- Tab or custom delimited sorting (perfect for CSVs and logs)
- Remove duplicates with flexible matching rules
- Numeric sort for proper ordering of numbers
- Locale-specific sorting for international character sets
Real-World Workflows
Refactor with confidence — Use Interactive Find in Files to batch-rename variables across hundreds of files in one go.
Instant file access — Use the Command Palette to open any file, local or remote, without leaving your keyboard.
Automate routine checks — Run command-line finds or scripted edits to maintain large repositories.
Explore more benefits of using UltraEdit
Have to open and edit large files? UltraEdit easily handles massive 10+ GB files that choke or crash other editors and IDEs.
Automate repetitive edits with UltraEdit’s macros and JavaScript-based scripting engine. Combined with regular expressions and column mode, these tools transform hours of manual work into single-click operations.
UltraEdit supports numerous file formats, letting you view, edit, and convert data between CSV, XML, JSON, and various encodings (Unix/DOS/UTF-8/hex) with ease.
UltraEdit is the most flexible, powerful, and secure text editor. Download a free, full-feature trial to see why. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.