[tip] F7 toggle search panel
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This Autohotkey script worked great for me - toggles the search panel (F7):
I added #SingleInstance,force
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Ed Cottrell's AutoHotKey script for toggling the "Find Results" pane/window in Notepad++ ; Released under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) ; Version: 1.1 ; Release Date: January 15, 2014 ; Released on Superuser.com: http://superuser.com/questions/700357/create-a-hotkey-keyboard-shortcut-to-close-the-notepad-find-results-window ; Also released at www.edcottrell.com/2014/01/11/toggle-find-results-window-notepad-hotkey/ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #SingleInstance,force ; Turn F7 into a toggle for the Notepad++ search results window; currently it shows it, but doesn't hide it. ; The $ prevents this from firing itself *$F7:: Open := 0 SetTitleMatchMode 2 ; AHK doesn't seem to recognize the window title otherwise ; See if Notepad++ is the active window or if the undocked results window (ahk_class #32770) is the active window If WinActive("Notepad++") { ; If the results pane is open, close it ; Button1 is the class name for the title bar and close button of the results pane when docked ControlGet, OutputVar, Visible,, Button1, Notepad++ if ErrorLevel = 0 { If OutputVar > 0 { ; Found it docked Open := 1 ; Get the size and coordinates of the title bar and button ControlGetPos, X, Y, Width, Height, Button1 ; Set the coordinates of the close button X := Width - 9 Y := 5 ; Send a click ControlClick, Button1,,,,, NA x%X% y%Y% } } } ; If it is undocked, use ahk_class #32770 else If WinExist("Find result ahk_class #32770") { ; Found it undocked Open := 1 ; Close it WinClose } ; It's not open, so open it if Open = 0 { SendInput {F7} } return
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