Make "Find Next" / "Find Prev" buttons an option
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@dail, @scott-sumner and others, there was also some discussion (can’t remember where now) about the fact that fitting the words in multiple languages on the buttons was problematic. Although, I believe that could be fixed by removing the Find, Replace, and Replace All text from the buttons themselves; instead placing it above or in-between each pair of buttons (making sure it’s clear which buttons each text goes with), and then just have
<<and>>on the buttons themselves.As a side note, I almost never used the search Up feature (much less than 1%), probably because it was a pain to click on it, then click back later; so when this came out, I went “Meh.” But in the few days I had the
<< Findbutton, I did use it a couple of times, as it was convenient to have it there.@michael-digregorio I almost always have the Wrap around box checked, so I assumed Replace All had that functionality too, similar to the Count button in the Find box. I usually select text, then use Replace All with the In selection box checked when I want to replace in only part of the document.
Speaking of the In selection box, I’ve noticed it sometimes gets unchecked at certain times - although strangely, not when the Replace dialog is closed and re-opened. I haven’t tested to find out when it gets unchecked; I just verify it’s checked before clicking Replace All again. So @richlux, I support your suggestion, especially as it may be able to follow the rules for unchecking the In selection box, to make it fit in with how @donho likes to see things. :-)
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@glennfromiowa said:
…(Replace) In-selection box, I’ve noticed it sometimes gets unchecked…
It will get unchecked (and disabled) anytime the Replace dialog is opened/activated and there is no selected text in the editor tab that is currently active. It will also get unchecked (and disabled) if there is a column-selection active in the editor tab that is currently active when Replace is invoked.
If multi-select is enabled and multiple selections are active, there is nothing odd about the in-selection checkbox’s behavior, but if a replace-all is attempted under these conditions (with the in-selection checkbox checked), only the most recent of the multi-selected areas is effected!
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My upvote for the separate “<< [Search|Replace|Replace All]” and / “[Search|Replace|Replace All]>>” buttons… maybe with the backwards button disabled if “Wrap around” is checked.
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@Alessandro-Barbieri said:
with the backwards button disabled if “Wrap around” is checked
Searching backwards (up toward top-of-file from current caret position) and wraparound are two completely independent concepts–why do you want to join them in this way?
It is completely valid to be searching backwards and wanting to continue (the backwards search) at the end-of-file once you hit the beginning of the file.
Searching backwards IS incompatible with the regular expression search mode, and the backwards-direction checkbox should be (and is) disabled when the search mode is changed to regex, but that is the only circumstance in the Find dialog options that needs to be restricted. This is discussed more in other threads…
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Came to this forum just to let know that I LOVED << Find | Find >>, I will revert to 7.4.2 and will wait until it is restored.
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@Bas-van-der-Veeken said:
Came to this forum just to let know that I LOVED << Find | Find >>, I will revert to 7.4.2 and will wait until it is restored.
Totally agree, I just updated some of my older installs on various workstation to get the << Find Find >> buttons, and they are gone already. - Damn! Make it an option!
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@Bas-van-der-Veeken said:
Came to this forum just to let know that I LOVED << Find | Find >>, I will revert to 7.4.2 and will wait until it is restored.
Same here, gone back to 7.4.2 until << Find and Find >> appear again.
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@Bas-van-der-Veeken said:
Came to this forum just to let know that I LOVED << Find | Find >>, I will revert to 7.4.2 and will wait until it is restored.
Same here! Please restore this great feature!
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Just adding my voice to those asking for this feature to be added back in some way. Thanks.
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I suggest leaving the checkbox. But the buttons “Find >>” and “<< Find” must switch the checkbox.
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I hated the << Find | Find >> buttons, JUST ALWAYS USE FIND ALL OCCURRENCES!! ONLY EVER!!
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I rolled back to v7.4.2
the two buttons are just too useful
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I think the best solution would be to add an option in the settings to choose between the current setup and the double buttons setup
when the option is enabled,
<< Find and Find >>
will always show<< Count and Count >>
<< Replace and Replace >>
<< ReplaceAll and ReplaceAll>>should only be visible if the “wrap around” checkbox is not selected
it seems to me that this would be the solution to make everybody happy
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you have not all buttons. Your option will have to be returned again.
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add an option in the settings to choose between the current setup and the double buttons setup
Software developers are resistant to making everything super-configurable, for a number of reasons. I understand this, and agree with the philosophy. It is better to decide that a change is worthwhile and then plow ahead with it. @donho seemed to make this decision by creating the <<Find and Find>> buttons in 7.4.2. However, it seems the feature wasn’t thought fully through and had to be “backed out”, although that introduced yet another new way of doing things (a direction checkbox instead of 2 radio buttons).
<< Count and Count >>
Your idea for <<Count and Count>> buttons is intriguing, although it doesn’t take into account the existing functionality, meaning what if you want the total count–do you press the <<Count button, see the result (e.g. 5), then press the Count>> button and see that result (e.g. 7), and do the mental math to come up with the total document count (12). Seems burdensome…
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Every decent editor has Find Next and Find Previous so there is impossibility here. It’s one of the most glaring flaws with NPP.
I’ll be leaving NPP (after years of use) for VS Code until the Find Previous button re-surfaces.
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I was okay with either the two button or the toggle - but the latest version 64-bit, doesn’t seem to have either!. The tool tip on Find Next tells you to do shift enter to search up and I’m sort of getting used to it, but a lot less obvious than having something on the box. (enough to keep me from updating my other machine.)
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The toggle – if what you mean by that is the Direction group box with the Up and Down radiobuttons (present pre-7.4.2)-- was not restored in 7.5 and later (when the <<Find button design of 7.4.2 was backed out), but rather was replaced with a single control called Backward direction (a checkbox). It’s with the other checkboxes on the left side of the Find window.
Instead of toggling between two radio buttons, you just either check or uncheck the checkbox. Equivalent but different…
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Please, bring the “find prev” option back, I mean, why do I have to do 2 clicks (backward edition > next) instead of 1, this is not comfortable. Why ever removing this button? Really disappointing.
