I am using inkscape version 0.48.2 r9819. You are right my version will not find the items. As inkscape releases updated versions to the public I hope the text find improvements that you have will be included. Again, thank you for your assistance.

I loaded the svg file in Textpad and searched the strings you indicated. By marking and deleting all the strings the entire path was deleted eliminating all the small pads at once. Saving the file and reopening the svg file in inkscape confirmed all of the correct objects were gone. The entire Texpa...

I want to locate and delete only the small circular objects at once. Based on all the replys selectively finding them all is currently not possible other than the method you described. I am looking into editing the file external to inkscape to either add a style attribute that inkscape can find or j...

Attached is an exploded view of the objects that I am trying to locate and delete in the complex structure. I am currently exploring trying to search within the object path to locate the different circular objects. So far there does not seem to be an eligant solution to locating circular objects usi...

I had to zip the file to get it below the upload file size limit. By ungrouping the objects you can find the two pad sizes in the file. As you can see there are many features. I can use the xml editor to obtain the style syntax to locate all of the objects in this file except the circular objects wi...

I have been attempting to use the find dialog to select one of two objects with the exact same style. The difference between the two ojects is the relative size. I have been experimenting, with no luck on a file that has only the two objects. The real file contains hundreds of each object overlaping...