Find and Replace – Labels

Description

Enables you to quickly batch-rename labels across almost any pool in your showfile. It saves hours of repetitive manual work by applying consistent naming rules in seconds.

Replace multiple occurrences inside each label

Find: Col
Replace with: Test
Colgroup_Col1 → Testgroup_Test1

Add a prefix without changing the rest

Find: Col
Replace with: Tour_Col
Col 1 → Tour_Col 1

Ignore

Use Ignore to protect parts you don’t want to change.

Find: Col
Replace with: Test
Ignore: Colgroup
Colgroup_Col1 → Colgroup_Test1

Wildcard *

Use * in Find to match and replace variable parts of the label.

Find: Col*
Replace with: Test
ColHouse_Col 1 → Test 1

Find: *Col
Replace with: Test
PopCol 1 → Test 1

Deleting text

Leave Replace with empty to delete.

Find: Main
Replace with: (empty)
MainCol 1 → Col 1
Col 2 → Col 2

Target a whole pool

Find: Col
Replace with: Tour_Col
Target: Preset 4. thru

Sequential numbering

Enable Sequential labels to append increasing numbers to each renamed object (sorted by lowest pool number).

Find: Col*
Replace with: Test
Sequential first nr: 5
Sequential labels: ✅
Colgroup_Col1 → Test 5
Colgroup_Col2 → Test 6
Colgroup_Col3 → Test 7

Renumber already-numbered objects

Use * to strip old numbers and apply fresh numbering.

Find: Col *
Replace with: Col
Sequential first nr: 1
Sequential labels: ✅
Col 12 → Col 1
Col 16 → Col 2
Col 19 → Col 3

Default object names hidden numbers

MA3 sometimes displays default names without showing their internal number in the UI. That can create unexpected results if you rename without a wildcard.

Example:

• Looks like: Group
  
• Internally: Group 5
  
• Find: Group Replace: Col + Sequential labels
  → can become: Col 5 1 (because the hidden “ 5” is kept)
  

To avoid this, add * to remove the hidden suffix:

Find: Group *
Replace with: Col
Sequential first nr: 1
Sequential labels: ✅
Internal Group 5 → Col 1
Internal Group 6 → Col 2
Internal Group 7 → Col 3

Quirky pool naming

To access presets as targets use

Preset <pool>.<number>

• The first number is the feature group / preset pool number.
  
• The second number is the preset (pool object) number.

For example Preset Position 4 is: Preset 2.4

Target: Preset 2. thru

The plugin auto-fixes common plural typos by removing a trailing s, so both of these work:

• Groups 1 Thru 50
  
• Group 1 Thru 50
  

Gobos / Symbols / Images
In MA3 these are internally stored under the Image object type with sub-categories:

• Gobo = Image 1.x
  
• Symbols = Image 2.x
  
• Images = Image 3.x
  

The plugin translates these automatically, so you can target:

• Gobo 1 Thru 50
  
• Symbols 1 Thru 50
  
• Images 1 Thru 50
  

You can also target the internal form directly, e.g.:

• Image 3.10 Thru 40

Universes

In MA3 these are internally stored under the DMXuniverse pool. 

The plugin translates these automatically, so you can target:

• Universe 1 Thru 50
• Universes 1 Thru 50
• DMXuniverse 1 Thru 50

Compatibility and notes

• v. 1.0.1, Release date 3 March 2026

• Changing labels with the plugin is not Oops-able, save a backup before changing large quantities of labels. 

• Developed & tested on grandMA3 v2.3.2.0.

• Intended for grandMA3 consoles and onPC, v2.2+