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    Bas van der Veeken
    last edited by Sep 5, 2017, 6:50 AM

    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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      Chris Trigg
      last edited by Sep 9, 2017, 7:23 AM

      @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!
      Don’t tempt us with goodness then take it away. how silly.

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        Roumen Mollov @Bas van der Veeken
        last edited by Sep 11, 2017, 12:29 AM

        @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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          Noam Shanny @Bas van der Veeken
          last edited by Sep 12, 2017, 8:37 AM

          @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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            Robert Kinard
            last edited by Sep 12, 2017, 9:01 PM

            Just adding my voice to those asking for this feature to be added back in some way. Thanks.

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              Edward Myers
              last edited by Sep 18, 2017, 7:18 AM

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                AZJIO AZJIO
                last edited by Sep 18, 2017, 9:00 AM

                I suggest leaving the checkbox. But the buttons “Find >>” and “<< Find” must switch the checkbox.

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                  Daniel Earle
                  last edited by Sep 20, 2017, 9:19 AM

                  I hated the << Find | Find >> buttons, JUST ALWAYS USE FIND ALL OCCURRENCES!! ONLY EVER!!

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                    Matt Smith
                    last edited by Matt Smith Sep 22, 2017, 8:31 AM Sep 22, 2017, 8:30 AM

                    I rolled back to v7.4.2

                    the two buttons are just too useful

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                      Matt Smith
                      last edited by Sep 22, 2017, 10:16 AM

                      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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                        AZJIO AZJIO
                        last edited by Sep 22, 2017, 7:50 PM

                        you have not all buttons. Your option will have to be returned again.

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                          Scott Sumner @Matt Smith
                          last edited by Sep 23, 2017, 2:04 PM

                          @Matt-Smith

                          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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                            Marc Cawood
                            last edited by Sep 28, 2017, 7:51 AM

                            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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                              Kathryn Nelson
                              last edited by Sep 29, 2017, 12:34 PM

                              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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                                Scott Sumner @Kathryn Nelson
                                last edited by Scott Sumner Sep 29, 2017, 12:44 PM Sep 29, 2017, 12:42 PM

                                @Kathryn-Nelson

                                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…

                                If this (or ANY posting on the Notepad++ Community site) is useful, don’t reply with a “thanks”, simply up-vote ( click the ^ in the ^ 0 v area on the right ).

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                                  Richard Troo
                                  last edited by Richard Troo Oct 4, 2017, 9:24 AM Oct 4, 2017, 9:23 AM

                                  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.

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                                    Scott Sumner @Richard Troo
                                    last edited by Oct 4, 2017, 11:15 AM

                                    @Richard-Troo

                                    Well, if you want to do just one operation, forget the Backward direction checkbox and the Find Next button, and simply press Shift+Enter to “find previous”, as the popup hint for the Find Next button shows :

                                    Imgur

                                    It may be little known, but Enter by itself performs the “find next” functionality; as the *Find Next" button is the “default” button in the Find window.

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                                      Scott Sumner @Scott Sumner
                                      last edited by Oct 4, 2017, 11:33 AM

                                      Clarification on that last bit of advice:

                                      It should have said:

                                      …forget the Backward direction checkbox (leave it UNTICKED) and the Find Next button…

                                      The reason for this is that using the Shift+Enter and Enter keyboard controls respects the state of the Backward direction checkbox. To me, this is bad design: I’d rather be able to count on a specific keypress here always moving the search in the same direction.

                                      Of course, once you’ve found the first match, moving back to the document tab window and using the Find Next and Find Previous keycombos (which always work to search downward and upward, respectively…NICE!) is probably the better option anyway.

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                                        David Fox
                                        last edited by Oct 10, 2017, 5:03 PM

                                        Really missing this feature & have regressed to v7.4.2. Hope it gets fully fixed for future releases.

                                        If the only problem is with Replace could it be added to just Find?

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                                          Scott Sumner @David Fox
                                          last edited by Scott Sumner Oct 10, 2017, 5:25 PM Oct 10, 2017, 5:23 PM

                                          @David-Fox

                                          could it be added to just Find?

                                          THAT was exactly the problem. Here’s a summary of what happened:

                                          • change UI in a manner that affects Find, Replace, and Replace All features
                                          • complete the change for Find, even giving it two keyboard options for direction (Shift+Enter added; Enter (alone) was there already)–REALLY NICE <<Find and >>Find buttons!
                                          • leave Replace with an inconsistent UI (which direction is it going??..dunno…)
                                          • leave Replace All with an inconsistent UI (which direction is it going??..dunno…unless Wrap around is checked–then we know–it’s the whole doc so direction doesn’t matter)
                                          • realize what happened…OH, GOSH !!
                                          • back out the addition of the <<Find button…but do it so that the UI is yet another change for the user (one checkbox vs. 2 radio buttons to specify direction)

                                          But @David-Fox, I understand what you’re asking for. :-D

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