Selection using Attributes

You can define a selection by matching attributes:

Select a Feature Layer is the Layer View
Open the Table View
Select an Attribute from the list (or choose All)
Type in the value you are searching for.
Press Enter, the table and Map selection selection will be updated accordingly

Examples

hello	will match any word containing the string hello
\Ahello	will match any word that starts with hello
\Ahello\Z	Exactly matches the word hello
\Ahello\|\Aboo	will match strings that start with hello or boo
\Ahe.*o\Z	will match strings that start with he and ends with o
[ln]	will match any string that contains l or n
\A[ln]	will match many string that starts with l or n

Note: The search is NOT case sensitive.
Note: In most cases \A can be replaced with ^ (start of line) and \Z can be replaced with $ (end of line)