Find/Replace: resizeable text input fields

[tatra603]

Hello!

I have several wishes related to Find/Replace functionality:

1) Allow resizeable (at least horizontally) input text fields (together with window). Current width is too small for real work for me.

2) Add small button beside Find and Replace input text field, which opens multiline input field. This multiline input field should or should not accept line breaks as real line breaks.

3) Rearrange buttons in Find/Replace. Find buttons should not be so close to Replace buttons (what about to have Find buttons left to input fields and Replace buttons rihgt to button fields).

4) Replace should also have "list of changes" as Find has it.

Thank You, Stepan

[sorin_ristache]

Hello Stepan,

1) Allow resizeable (at least horizontally) input text fields (together with window). Current width is too small for real work for me.

When the Find/Replace dialog is resizable and you decrease the size until the components do not fit in the dialog then the dialog looks really badly. Maybe it looks better if we force a minimum size as the limit of resizing.

2) Add small button beside Find and Replace input text field, which opens multiline input field. This multiline input field should or should not accept line breaks as real line breaks.

The search is performed at the line level. There is already a request for multiline search but it will not be implemented in the short term.

3) Rearrange buttons in Find/Replace. Find buttons should not be so close to Replace buttons (what about to have Find buttons left to input fields and Replace buttons rihgt to button fields).

In version 7.1 which will be released in a short time the buttons will be rearranged: Find and Replace will be located at the top of the buttons area, Find All, Replace All and Replace to end will be located in the middle of the same area. All the buttons must be located on the same side of the input fields for easy use.

4) Replace should also have "list of changes" as Find has it.

The Replace field has a history list as the Text to find field. When you select a value from the history list in the Text to find field the corresponding value that was used as replace value together with the selected find value is selected automatically in the Replace field from the history list of the Replace field. Of course you can select any other value in the Replace field.

Regards,
Sorin