Invoke find/replace with selection - selection box not marked
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Hello,
Version 7.9.2 64-bit.
I have another text editor that, if find/replace is invoked with text already selected, the ‘find/replace in selection’ box is automatically marked for me.
I could swear NPP also does this, but of late it isn’t happening at all.
I looked for setting in preferences that might control this but nothing jumps out. Am I just not remembering correctly, or has something changed? Very handy feature that saves a lot of user error :-)
Kind regards.
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@appyface said in Invoke find/replace with selection - selection box not marked:
I could swear NPP also does this, but of late it isn’t happening at all.
Sorry, not actually able to provide a solution, but there was this discussion a short time ago (and links to earlier discussions). Read:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/20586/in-selection-grayed-out-in-the-find-replace-box?_=1612813460756I’ve been unable to produce the fault on demand, which is what I think is needed to get the attention of the developers.
Terry
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@Terry-R Thanks for that link. I think that is different issue, if I reading it right?
I too have seen the ‘in selection’ box greyed out/can’t mark it of late. And I also haven’t been able to pin down the stituation when that happens. But that does happen a lot for me.
What I’m asking about is something else. I thought NPP had behaved in past like my other text editor does: Highlight some text in the document, then press CTRL-F. The ‘in selection’ box is marked automatically because text in the document was highlighted first before invoking CTRL-F. And if no text is selected in the document (cursor is between letters so to speak) and press CTRL-F, then the ‘in selection’ box is clear.
Again, maybe I’m just daft and thought NPP used to behave this way. It definitely doesn’t now and I can’t find any option to switch it on.
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Here’s how it works: If you have over a certain amount of text selected (I believe it is a thousand or maybe 1024) characters, THEN In selection will automatically be ticked when you invoke a Find / Replace.
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@Alan-Kilborn Thanks for info. I will check this and get back.
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Here’s what’s happening for me - 64-bit portable 7.9.3 version.
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Invoke CTRL-F with 1025 characters selected and the ‘in selection’ box is automatically marked. (Characters include line delimiters, special characters, etc.) Less than that and ‘in selection’ is not automatically marked.
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Once ‘in selection’ is marked, it remains marked for all character selections with CTRL-F regardless of selection length - until CTRL-F is invovked with no characters selected, then ‘in selection’ is automatically cleared. A 1025 character selection is required before ‘in selection’ will be marked automatically again.
If ‘in selection’ is manually marked, it behaves as in #2 above. If ‘in selection’ is manually unmarked, it behaves as in #1.
@Alan-Kilborn Thanks for putting me onto the right direction to find out what is happening.
I’d love to have a simple preference setting that if any text is highlighted, mark the box, if none, unmark the box. But now that I know how it works today, it’s certainly not a deal breaker. Thanks for help and info.
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