Find in files: please add option to make window stay open after search

niente0

Hello, I have a very annoying problem with the “Find in files” window, I kindly asked some time ago on this forum if it was possible to add an option to make the “Find in files” window stay open after a search (as the standard Find window) but this option is still missing…

I usually do many consecutive searches into files (for example to count occurrences of a series of words), and I have to reopen the search window every time (this is really time-consuming!).

Is it just me who has this problem? Would it be possible in future releases to add an option in settings (or directly into the search window) to keep this window open?

Thank you all

Ekopalypse

@niente0

I guess this is still happening, at least it does for me too.
But, concerning the implementation, I assume you get a better
chance to get this implemented if you ask for it at github.
See here.

guy038

Hello, @niente0, @ekopalypse and All,

Indeed, there is a setting, in the config.xml configuration file, which acts as you would like to ;-))

Just look for the dlgAlwaysVisible parameter, in the line <FindHistory nbMaxFindHistoryPath="10" .................. isSearch2ButtonsMode="no">

Refer, also, to the official N++ documentation article, below :

https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/searching/#find-replace

Right ABOVE, this Find / Replace section, you’ll find the solution in the 2nd note of the previous section !

So :

Close all instances of N++
Open your active Config.xml file with an external editor ( Microsoft notepad or else but not from within N++ )
Rewrite the part dlgAlwaysVisible="no" as dlgAlwaysVisible="yes"
Save the modification
Re-open Notepad++

Best Regards,

guy038

Alan Kilborn

@niente0

See here: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/16029/keep-search-window-open-all-the-time/

Ekopalypse

I don’t see any setting possibilities for this parameter (??)

Alan Kilborn

@Ekopalypse said in Find in files: please add option to make window stay open after search:

I don’t see any setting possibilities for this parameter

If you mean in the Preferences then you are 100% right…there isn’t a setting for it. Perhaps open an issue for it on github if there isn’t one already?