# Searching and Filtering Property Items in Theme Tree

This topic covers searching and filtering property items in Theme tree for WinForms quickstart.

## Content



The C1Theme Designer has a **Search** and **Filter** group. Use the **Search** textbox when you know what you want to find and use the **Filter** textbox when you don’t know exactly what you want to find. Filtering is beneficial when you need to find common information.

**Find Group**

The following illustration labels each command inside the **Find** group.

![search-group-numbers](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/1204f627-5ed0-4459-b7d2-b00ca20a218e/documentgraphics/searchgroupnumbers.png)

When you type something into the **Search** textbox, it automatically searches for the the first few letters and once it finds a match, the node or item in the Theme tree is highlighted and ready for your edit. If the highlighted item in the Theme tree is not the property you want to edit then you can click the Find next property or Find previous property button.

![search-group](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/1204f627-5ed0-4459-b7d2-b00ca20a218e/documentgraphics/searchgroup.png)

The following image illustrates the item, **Separator**, found in the **Theme** tree.

![search-themetree](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/1204f627-5ed0-4459-b7d2-b00ca20a218e/documentgraphics/searchfoundinthemetree.png)

**Filter Group**

The following illustration labels each command inside the **Filter** group.

![group-label](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/1204f627-5ed0-4459-b7d2-b00ca20a218e/documentgraphics/filtergrouplabel.png)

**How to use the Filter**:

To use the filter, complete the following:

Enter a property name like, **Font**, in the **Filter** search textbox.

Only the nodes in the Theme tree containing that text are shown.

Click the dropdown arrow in the **Visible sections** dropdown listbox and deselect all items except, **C1FlexGrid** and **C1Input**.

![visible-section](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/1204f627-5ed0-4459-b7d2-b00ca20a218e/documentgraphics/visiblesections.png)

Click the **Filter** button in the **Filter** group.

This will expand the **C1FlexGrid** section with only the **Font** properties showing and the **C1Input** section with only the **Font** properties showing.

**Note**: When the Filter button is enabled the button will appear highlighted.

**How to view past filters**:

Past filters go into the history which can be brought up by clicking the dropdown in the Filter textbox. The following example shows the past filters:

![filter-dropdownbox](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/1204f627-5ed0-4459-b7d2-b00ca20a218e/documentgraphics/filterdropdownbox.png)