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    • Bruno BOBICHON
      Bruno BOBICHON last edited by

      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

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      • dinkumoil
        dinkumoil @Bruno BOBICHON last edited by

        @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 BOBICHON
          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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          • dinkumoil
            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 BOBICHON
              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 Chuh
                Meta Chuh @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 Larson
                  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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                  • Ekopalypse
                    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 Kilborn
                      Alan Kilborn @Ekopalypse last edited by

                      @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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                      • Ekopalypse
                        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 Kilborn
                          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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                          • dail
                            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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                            • Ekopalypse
                              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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                              • Ekopalypse
                                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 Kilborn
                                  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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                                  • Ekopalypse
                                    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 Kilborn
                                      Alan Kilborn @Ekopalypse last edited by

                                      @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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                                      • Ekopalypse
                                        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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                                        • dail
                                          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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                                          • Ekopalypse
                                            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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