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    • dinkumoilD
      dinkumoil @Bruno BOBICHON
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      @Bruno-BOBICHON

      What’s about (menu) Search -> Find (Volatile) Next (standard keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+F3) and (menu) Search -> Find (Volatile) Previous (standard keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F3)?

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      • Bruno BOBICHONB
        Bruno BOBICHON
        last edited by Bruno BOBICHON

        ;) thx but, this tips doesn’t show me a graphical view allowing me to quickly see where are located the expression in the code i’m searching either not showing me the density of the occurrence…

        Like shown in this screenshoot exemple :
        [https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/get-enhanced-scrollbar/33672/4](link url)

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        • dinkumoilD
          dinkumoil @Bruno BOBICHON
          last edited by dinkumoil

          @Bruno-BOBICHON

          I know that my suggestion is only a workaround. I provided it since you can not expect that this feature gets implemented in Notepad++ in the near future (if it will be ever).

          But if you want you can file a feature request. >>> Learn here <<< how to do that.

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          • Bruno BOBICHONB
            Bruno BOBICHON
            last edited by

            I’ve found this morning a plugin including with this functionality but not matching in totality the behavior i excpect, it’s ‘jn-npp-plugin’

            The scroll bar is enhanced when a text is highlighted, but the scroll bar represent only the part of code visible at the screen.
            but it’s may be a good point of start…

            But i’ll ask for a feature request .

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            • Meta ChuhM
              Meta Chuh moderator @Bruno BOBICHON
              last edited by

              @Bruno-BOBICHON

              the chances of getting this feature implemented is higher, if you file a request to a plugin developer.
              we are currently on hold to implement new features at the notepad++ core itself.
              we are focusing on improving existing features and stability, and there’s much to do at the moment.

              many thanks and best regards.

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              • Scott LarsonS
                Scott Larson @Bruno BOBICHON
                last edited by

                @bruno-bobichon said in Plugin Feature needed:

                Hi,

                I’m looking for a ‘search / research’ plugin feature, showing searching result in the vertical scroll bar of the document.
                When i’m searching for an exprssion into a doc, expression found are highligted, but we are obliged to scroll all the document to quickly see where expression is used.
                On certain IDE, results are shown in the scroll bar too, represented by colored lines and as the scroll bar represent the complete document, it’s quick and easy to identify where expressions are used.

                Is a such plugin already exists ? and if not , will it be possilb eto devleopp it ?

                Many thanks

                I would also love this feature.

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                • EkopalypseE
                  Ekopalypse @Scott Larson
                  last edited by

                  @scott-larson

                  Can you point to an IDE that does what is discussed here?
                  Perhaps you could post a screenshot showing this action?

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @Ekopalypse
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                    @ekopalypse said in Plugin Feature needed:

                    Can you point to an IDE that does what is discussed here?
                    Perhaps you could post a screenshot showing this action?

                    How about Visual Studio IDE?:

                    4852c476-d364-4275-8700-518b77c0dcfb-image.png

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                    • EkopalypseE
                      Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
                      last edited by

                      @alan-kilborn

                      Aahh I see :-)
                      I had understood it to mean that the RESULT is displayed in a scroll bar, not just a marker pointing to the line with the result highlighted :-)
                      Interesting … the click position in a margin is usually tied to the row … that would require some maths to calculate the actual position with the clicked position … hmm …

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn
                        last edited by

                        BTW, as an afterthought, I really have no idea what ALL of the different colors in the VS IDE scrollbar actually are.

                        I think maybe what my screenshot shows with the light green is a “smart highlighting” feature, and the orange color is the actual search data? Not sure…

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                        • dailD
                          dail @Ekopalypse
                          last edited by

                          @ekopalypse said in Plugin Feature needed:

                          that would require some maths to calculate the actual position with the clicked position

                          The math part isn’t not too bad actually. Just translate a line number into a Y position. For example:

                          https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext/blob/3268c8e76f99af6a983ac2f202c712529248ec34/src/NotepadNext/decorators/HighlightedScrollBar.cpp#L120-L129

                          I don’t know how to do this with Win32 scrollbars but in theory should be possible.

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                          • EkopalypseE
                            Ekopalypse @dail
                            last edited by

                            @dail

                            cool thx, makes it easier to play with :-) I haven’t done anything with scrollbars yet either, to be honest I usually disable them :-)

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                            • EkopalypseE
                              Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
                              last edited by

                              @alan-kilborn said in Plugin Feature needed:

                              VS IDE

                              Well … You know my relationship with VS IDE … don’t you :-D

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                              • Alan KilbornA
                                Alan Kilborn
                                last edited by

                                This feature would be kind of cool, but wouldn’t it potentially cause performance problems because on a Find Next it would have to find all occurrences in a possibly huge file?

                                The same possibility presents itself for a “Found X of Y” feature, as mentioned HERE.

                                It seems like with the recent addition of better huge file support, some of Notepad++'s features need to be restricted (i.e., turned off) if the user is currently in such a file.

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                                • EkopalypseE
                                  Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
                                  last edited by

                                  It would if it was running on the main thread, but I suppose it could also run in the background on another thread or asynchronously.

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                                  • Alan KilbornA
                                    Alan Kilborn @Ekopalypse
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                                    @ekopalypse said in Plugin Feature needed:

                                    if it was running on the main thread

                                    I thought Notepad++ was single-threaded, mainly because, until quite recently, Scintilla was not multi-thread capable? (I could be wrong about some/all of this). Of course, things can be changed (beauty of s/w).

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                                    • EkopalypseE
                                      Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
                                      last edited by

                                      @alan-kilborn

                                      yes, but as long as you don’t change anything from the Scinitilla/Notepad++ point of view, you can use another thread to make it do some work.

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                                      • dailD
                                        dail @Alan Kilborn
                                        last edited by

                                        @alan-kilborn said in Plugin Feature needed:

                                        until quite recently, Scintilla was not multi-thread capable

                                        Only multi-threaded in regards to computing line lengths for rendering the document. It is not meant to be accessed by multiple threads simultaneously.

                                        @ekopalypse said in Plugin Feature needed:

                                        don’t change anything from the Scinitilla/Notepad++ point of view

                                        Even searching though a document with a background thread and then the main thread editing the document could lead to very bad scenarios. This is even more likely if the document is large and the search term occurs infrequently.

                                        PythonScript has proven multi-threaded access is not generally a good idea when it comes to Scintilla.

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                                        • EkopalypseE
                                          Ekopalypse @dail
                                          last edited by

                                          @dail

                                          In general I agree, but in this particular case, which is all about search, I can’t see a race condition.
                                          But keep in mind, that I am a overconfident hobby programmer who may not see the big picture :-).

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                                          • Janis OgoliJ
                                            Janis Ogoli
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