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Thank you!!!!

your link contains instructions from:
MarJohn » 05.07.25
bbadmin » 05.07.25
Mr. Code Monkey » 05.12.25

Which one(s) do I follow:
Does any highlight the entire line?

I click Search
I click Find
I enter the search string in the Find What box
I click Find Next.

How can I change the color of the line the search string is found on?

Desktop PC
TextPad 9.8.1
Windows 11
Firefox browser

I'm not an a macro-bian (for TextPad or Excel)

I'm using TextPad version 9.5.2 (64-bit)

Using the search and replace strings and other parameters at the top of my text file, I can NOT reproduce my problem either.

I will continue using REPLACE ALLto see if my problem recurs.

I will let you know, either way.




BTW: I always thought TEXTPAD ...

The search and replace strings info is at the top of the attached sample text document.

Thanks, I will do that.

BTW: I don't know if there's a way to mark this thread as wonderfully resolved nor how to close this item. Can you do it for me?

Done

Thanks you for you quick response!

Scope is set to Active Document (not Selected Text)

I want to replace )\n with \n\n

Since \n is a regular expression, “Regular Expression” is ticked on the “REPLACE” screen.

The “FIND WHAT” box contains: )\n
The “REPLACE WITH” box contains: \n\n

When I click any of the “REPLACE” buttons, a dialog box is displayed saying “Found a closing ) with no ...

On the REPLACE screen:

the "FIND WHAT" box contains the text I want replaced.
the "REPLACE WITH" box contains the replacement text.

When I then click "REPLACE ALL", only ONE instance of the text is replaced.

To replace ALL instances, I have to click "SELECT ALL" (on the "Edit" menu) BEFORE I ...

I do these two actions:

1) The "Replace With" box contains many space characters.
After I click any of the "Replace" buttons, unwanted tab characters appear among the space characters in the text document.

2) In the "Block Select Mode":

I position the cursor in row-number 1 and in the column ...

When I enter a string of spaces in the "Replace With" box, one (or more) tab (\t) character(s) get inserted in the document. How can I prevent this?

Note: The "Regular Expression" box is checked

Thank you