Incremental Search

swimszoots · Post by **swimszoots** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:41 pm

It's been mentioned before but incremental search a la emacs or eclipse is a really nice feature.
Thanks.

jgrills · Post by **jgrills** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:51 pm

Now that we know development on TextPad continues, I'd like to reiterate the request for incremental search. Emacs and Visual Studio both have it, and once you're used to it, it's hard to live without. Please consider adding support for it TextPad.

dak · Post by **dak** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:55 pm

Put me down as a vote for this feature also. I have become so used to it with Firefox, that it feels funny to use an application that doesn't have it.

Cheers,

dak

troels_kn · Post by **troels_kn** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:07 pm

xaveco · Post by **xaveco** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:39 am

+3 votes in here, you can consider mine plus my two addicted friends in here! We were just wondering how come a so wonderful text editor like Textpad doesn't have it while a poorer yet growing up alternative like Notepad++ has it. Please think about it dear authors!

NewWorldMan · Post by **NewWorldMan** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:36 pm

Add me to the requests for this feature.

Alan-LB · Post by **Alan-LB** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:35 am

Please add me too. I have been using jEdit for Java code which has a good Incremental Search. I only discovered TextPad recently and so far it is the best editor not only for code but also for general use.

But I do miss a good Incremental Search.

I really like the "Find in Files" facility which gives me the grep options to search multiple files with RegEx

Alan

qkz73 · Post by **qkz73** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:50 am

The find in files combined with a replace in all open documents can be extremely powerful. I haven't used their WildEdit stuff yet, but I'll bet that so many people using TextPad for exactly this reason is what caused them to develop that product.

BoD · Post by **BoD** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:32 pm

+1
it's really a time saver, plus I bet it's quick to implement

BoD

anthony · Post by **anthony** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:32 pm

I love textpad's minimalist approach, but this would a real aid.

Tony

ivosper · Post by **ivosper** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:51 pm

Hey Guys,

TextPad can actually do this pretty easily. To do a search, hit F5, and enter the search text.

Now, for incremental forward searches, just hit "ctrl+f", and it will repeat the search for you.

If you want to be able to search in reverse, using "ctrl+r" as in emacs, you can set that up pretty quickly. Navigate to Configure->Preferences->Keyboard. Now, click the mouse in the "Press new shortcut key", and type "Ctrl+r". Ctrl+r may be used already to play a macro, so you might want to go remap that one after doing this.

Click "Search" in the categories selection list. Then click "SearchFindPrevious" in the commands selection list. You'll probably see that you can already do an incremental reverse search, using "ctrl+shift+f" or something. If you want, you can make "Ctrl+r" do this as well: Go back to the "Press new shortcut key" textbox, and re-type "ctrl+r". Click "Assign" at the top right, and you're all set.

Now you can do an incremental forward search by repeatedly hitting "ctrl+f", and then if you want to search backwards, just hit "ctrl+r".

bveldkamp · Post by **bveldkamp** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:41 am

Ivosper,

That's not incremental searching. The idea is that you don't have to press a shortcut every time the search phrase is changed, but that searching is performed immediately while typing in the Find what box.

Berend

probell · Post by **probell** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:43 am

+1 long time user request for incremental search.

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