[oXygen-user] Feature request: "Replace" vs. "Replace and Find Next"

[Oxygen XML Editor Support (Adrian Buza)]

Hi,

Thank you all for the feedback.

We already have a request logged for this on our issue tracking tool.
I've added your votes and mentioned all your comments.

We're leaning towards the 'Replace Once' solution that Ken proposed. 
This would avoid confusion for people who are already accustomed to the 
current functionality of the buttons ('Replace' button performing a 
replace followed by a find).

Regards,
Adrian

Adrian Buza
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support

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On 28.05.2014 21:55, David Sewell wrote:
> I agree with a naming proposal like Ken's -- it is better to avoid changing the
> function associated with an existing name.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, 28 May 2014, G. Ken Holman wrote:
>
>> Rather than changing the existing oft-repeated operation (which I would
>> loathe to see happen) could you have:
>>
>>   [Find]
>>   [Replace]
>>   [Replace Once]
>>
>> I don't think I've been burned by this myself, but I can see that it would be
>> useful.
>>
>> . . . . . . . Ken
>>
>> At 2014-05-28 13:23 -0400, David Sewell wrote:
>>> I wonder if other oXygen users would find this enhancement useful:
>>>
>>> In the Find/Replace dialogue, instead of two buttons:
>>>
>>> [Find]
>>> [Replace]
>>>
>>> have three buttons, perhaps called
>>>
>>> [Find]
>>> [Replace]
>>> [Replace and Find Next]
>>>
>>> "Replace and Find Next" would have the identical behavior that the existing
>>> Replace button has. But the "Replace" button would do the replacement and
>>> stay
>>> on the current line.
>>>
>>> The rationale: very often, when constructing a complex regular expression
>>> replacement, I want to be sure that the replacement does what I want. If I
>>> just
>>> hit "Replace", the cursor moves to the next occurrence (if there is one).
>>> So it
>>> is necessary to do one of these two things:
>>>
>>> 1) do the replacement, then do Undo to get back to the replacement line,
>>> then
>>> Redo to see the replacement; or
>>>
>>> 2) toggle "Only selected lines" before doing the replacement, then change
>>> it
>>> back to "All" to continue replacing
>>>
>>> Having the additional button would remove the need for one of those steps.
>>>
>>> I realize that this would be a rather big UI change and might possibly
>>> confuse
>>> people, but I thought I would see whether anyone else agrees,
>>>
>>> David
>>
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