F3 and Ctrl + F

Alan Kilborn

Yea, FInd window absolutely sucks unless you have a super huge single monitor, or multiple any-sized monitors. In the latter case, for me, the FInd window gets moved to a different monitor than the maximized main Notepad++ window.

kuzduk = kuzduk

@PeterJones said:

I want F3 to “search next” whether or not I’ve left the Find window open: sometimes, I’m on a small-monitor/single-monitor system and don’t want the bulk of the text covered with the Find window (even if it is mildly transparent). By doing Find, then closing the window, then hitting F3, I can cycle through the various matches.

It full answer, thank you. It sad for me, because “many users would disagree”.

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My second question: why FindNext and FindPrevios hot keys are not work in Find window?

Alan Kilborn

@kuzduk-=-kuzduk said:

why FindNext and FindPrevios hot keys are not work in Find window?

This has been asked before. They don’t work because the keys configured via Shortcut Mapper only work in the editing tabs.

Meta Chuh

@kuzduk-kuzduk

My second question: why FindNext and FindPrevios hot keys are not work in Find window?

you just have to make your document tab active using this guide below, you don’t have to close the find window to use f3 (find next), or shift+f3 (find previous).

open the “find” window and search for any text.
now click on the notepad++ tab of your file
(this brings your opened file into front focus, and any keyboard shortcuts will work on it).
from now on the find next shortcut f3 and the find previous shortcut shift+f3 are also enabled, even if the find windows stays open.

kuzduk = kuzduk

i think this little thing what need be: FindNext and FindPrevios hot keys work in Find window

Alan Kilborn

@kuzduk-=-kuzduk

Are you reading the replies to this thread?

kuzduk = kuzduk

Yes i read:

They don’t work because the keys configured via Shortcut Mapper only work in the editing tabs.

Then it need to finish these two commands to work in the fond window!!!

This very long and uncomfortable(FindPrev and Find Next hot keys must work in find window):

open the “find” window and search for any text.

now click on the notepad++ tab of your file
(this brings your opened file into front focus, and any keyboard shortcuts will work on it).

from now on the find next shortcut f3 and the find previous shortcut shift+f3 are also enabled, even if the find windows stays open.

Meta Chuh

@kuzduk-kuzduk

if you want to have your find window in front, and use keys to switch to the next and/or previous finding, you can use [enter] to find the next and [shift]+[enter] to find the previous.

Alan Kilborn

This may be of interest:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/2138

As well as: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/15904/search-f3

Meta Chuh

@Alan-Kilborn

i like scott’s note:

@Scott-Sumner said: But perhaps you will not like that it is a different keystroke than your brain desires …

😉

kuzduk = kuzduk

This is the same as I ask, so i am not alone:

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/2138
As well as: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/15904/search-f3

you can use [enter] to find the next and [shift]+[enter] to find the previous.

already better but why it is not same hot keys like for FindNext F3???))) it must be F3 and Shift+F3!!!

Meta Chuh

@kuzduk-kuzduk

already better but why it is not same hot keys like for FindNext F3???))) it must be F3 and Shift+F3!!!

i don’t really know why it is like that, as i am just a user at our user driven community,
but i quickly got used to the enter key combos at the find window.

i think @Scott-Sumner said it best, if we take it from a user perspective:

But perhaps you will not like that it is a different keystroke than your brain desires – Enter when you think F3.

if you can not get used to it at all, you can file a feature request, as suggested by @PeterJones above,
by reading and following the official guide >>> FAQ Desk: Feature Request or Bug Report <<<
as it does not really make much sense, if we talk about it for almost two weeks now, without being able to change anything.

Alan Kilborn

@kuzduk-=-kuzduk said:

why it is not same hot keys like for FindNext F3???))) it must be F3 and Shift+F3!!!

Why should it be F3 and Shift+F3? IMO those are dumb keystrokes and I have reassigned my Notepad++ to use IMO better ones. If, all of a sudden in Notepad++ these functions were remapped to something F3-ish in the Find window (instead of the Enter-based ones), I would be ticked!

Feature changes must consider ALL users and the different ways they might use existing Notepad++…before changes to functionality are made. (Not saying anyone is considering this thread’s topic for change). That is sometimes a daunting prospect, I know!