list showing only the results

Steen Mikkelsen

If I have a very large * .txt file and I do a search where there are 1237 results. Is it then possible to only show the results and not have to press “Next” every time.

View a list showing only the results

guy038

Hello, @steen-mikkelsen and All,

Yes, you can simply use the built-in N++ Mark feature !

So :

Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )
Type in your search in the Find what : field
Untick all options
Tick the Bookmark line, Purge for each search and Wrap around options
Tick the Match case option, if necessary
Select your search mode
Click on the Mark All button

From this point, you can, either :

Go to the next or previous occurrence of your search with the F2 and Shift + F2 default shortcuts
Paste all your occurrences elsewhere by clicking on the Copy Marked Text button
Use the menu option Search > Bookmark > Copy Bookmarked lines in order to paste all the lines, containing at least, one occurrence of your search
You may use the Bookmark sub-menu to cut or delete all these bookmarked lines, as well

Best Regards,

guy038

PeterJones

@steen-mikkelsen ,

As @Terry-R said in the other version (now locked),

without additional information it’s hard to "guess"what your needs are.

However, like Guy, I will try to make a guess.

Is it then possible to only show the results and not have to press “Next” every time.

In the Search > Find dialog, instead of hitting Find Next, you can click Find All in Current Document. This will find all the occurrences in the current document (or in the current selection, if that checkbox is marked), and will list them in the Search Results panel. You can then scroll through the list of all lines with matching text, and select whichever one you want to navigate to in the main editor. The Search Results is documented in the online user manual.