On 10/15/2007, Datatude said:
It would be so nice if bbedit would have a feature that if you
select a word in bbedit it will automatically hightlight all
other references in that file.
Actually I think the Find All button comes closest. And, even
better than FF, if you click the Multi-file search checkbox in
the Find/Replace dialog, you will see some intereseting
options. Check it out!
What I like about FireFox's implementation is that it highlights
the search results in the document, rather than opening another window.
This would be especially handy in BBEdit, if something like Find
All or the Quick Search window had an optional feature to just
highlight all of the matches in the frontmost document,
especially if it could keep them highlighted as I work through
the document.
Say, for example, that I need to change something near many uses
of "def" in a Ruby file. I could Quick Search (Highlight All)
for "def", and then just quickly scan through the document,
changing what needs to be changed without ever taking my hands
off of the keyboard.
Yes, "Find Next" technically works that way, too, but it doesn't
really allow for the quick visual scanning in the same way that
just highlighting does. (Sometimes I want one, sometimes the
other.) Obviously we're all different, but I know that sometimes
the "jump" caused by Find Next breaks the context, and I have to
spend at least a few seconds figuring out where I am in the file.
So, not that it matters, but I'll second Fred's request. I think
it's a great idea.
Seth
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