"In selection" checkbox for replacing in selected lines
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If more than one line is selected and I call Replace (Ctrl+H), it would be convenient if “In selection” was checked automatically.
I think it can be assumed that after selecting more than one line, the replacement should happen only in this selection.
These are my experiences. Does someone agree?
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Sometimes users want multi-line data to be auto-copied into the Find what box when Replace (Ctrl+h) is invoked. In fact, this is the easiest way to get a mult-line search string into the box.
So… I don’t think the presence of more than one line is necessarily a great predictor that someone wants to search only “in selection”.
How the software currently works is that if more than 1024 characters are selected when a “find” function is invoked, the In selection checkbox will be automatically checked. (User-manual REFERENCE to this behavior.)
But… it does seem a bit inconsistent and “at odds” that when enough text is selected to cause In selection to be auto-checked, that the selected data is also copied into the Find what box.
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@Alan-Kilborn said in “In selection” checkbox for replacing in selected lines:
But… it does seem a bit inconsistent and “at odds” that when enough text is selected to cause In selection to be auto-checked, that the selected data is also copied into the Find what box.
I created an official ISSUE for this oddness.
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