While it won't address your UX annoyances, I have filed an issue upstream proposing an approach to make live search faster for big files: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gedit/-/issues/398
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1136644 Title: gedit search function is not practical anymore Status in gedit: Unknown Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: i use gedit a lot, and i find it comfortable in general. the new small search window is extremely impractical. FOCUS PROBLEM: CTRL+F > type a search (search of longer strings FAR TOO SLOW) > find and now, typing ESC brings one back to the former place! when trying to use CTRL-F again, the search string is replaced by new text. if one wants to stay in the found passage, one must use the mouse/touchpad to click into the text. this is an extremely annoying feature/behavior. i simply would like to have the old search window + its behavior back. i am working very quickly and mostly using shortcuts. gedit now completely interrupts my way of working. additionally, where are the other search functions such as case- sensitive search? additionally, i do not want the search function to slow down so much. for me it is ok to start the search after i have finished typing my search string :-) this new energy-consuming ZEITGEIST-etc-fashion is not good for quick workers with serious amounts of data. best wishes, vollmanr To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/1136644/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
