search in open tabs (not DropDown)

[PasshereDude]

Is there a hope in the next Versions of notepad++ to get this funktion to search in open Files(Tabs) like e.g. in Firefox?

Thank you so much for check this!

[Alan Kilborn]

@PasshereDude said:

search in open Files(Tabs)

If you press Ctrl+f the “Find” window will open.
One of the choices there is to “Find All in All Open Documents”.
This is the same thing as what you are asking for, AFAICT.

[PeterJones]

@PasshereDude said in search in open tabs (not DropDown):

to search in open Files(Tabs) like e.g. in Firefox?

@Alan-Kilborn and I interpreted this differently. It’s because you are expecting us to have knowledge of Firefox , but I personally stopped using that browser years ago.

Alan’s suggestion is right, if you mean, “search the contents of the open files”.

But if https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-open-tabs-firefox is the feature you are talking about, and if I understand that page correctly, then I think you mean, “search the names of the files/tabs”, I don’t believe that feature currently exists. The Windows menu allows various ways of helping you find a tab (either sorting them, or using the Window… action to get a dialog for sorting, looking at), but not actually a search feature.
https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/user-interface/#window-menu

Such a thing would be a reasonable feature request, as our feature request FAQ explains how to search existing feature requests, or make a new official request.

Assuming my interpretation, then:

Is there a hope in the next Versions of notepad++ to get this funktion

In the next version? Almost 0% chance. Sometime in the future? That’s more likely

[Alan Kilborn]

@PeterJones said :

search the names of the files/tabs

If this is the case, NavigateTo plugin really shines to achieve the goal.