--- title: Text Editor E04 - How to Implement Full-Text Search description: A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing full-text search in a custom terminal text editor built in Java. Covers handling Ctrl key combinations via bitwise... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/text-editor-e04---how-to-implement-full-text-search-ns9crn3fk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Text Editor E04 - How to Implement Full-Text Search | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing full-text search in a custom terminal text editor built in Java. 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Covers handling Ctrl key combinations via bitwise AND, building a status bar prompt for user input, capturing and validating search queries character by character, and implementing bidirectional search navigation (forward/backward) with wrap-around using arrow keys. The search logic uses a simple linear scan with indexOf, tracking last match position and search direction via an enum. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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