Yes, the IDEA search does not select the text, just highlights it. Sometimes I hate this, but sometimes I find it useful: like when i want to delete the whole line the text is on, I do not want to have to deselect and then use Ctrl-X.
But I think maybe it should be optional (yes, IDEA is full of options). If the searched item is a word, you can use ctrl-W to select it, but if it is an arbitrary string, it's harder. Bartley, Chris wrote: > I've noticed this too, but (for me at least) it doesn't appear to be limited > to hitting backspace. Often i'll do a search for a term I want to change, > and, once it's highlighted, i start typing in my new term but it just gets > appended to the end of the found term. I find this very non-intuitive and > unlike any editor I've ever used. I'd love to see this fixed. > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Vestal, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:26 PM >>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >>Subject: [Eap-list] backspace after a search does not delete the >>hilighted text >> >> >> >> >>>Build 513, Windows 2000 >>> >>>When you do a search, the found text is hilighted, but if you hit >>>backspace, it does not get deleted. >>> >>>Is this an option or a bug? >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>-- Rick >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Eap-list mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > -- Erb ============================================================== "The only time I like in the morning is afternoon." - Russell D. Cooper "If you do everything, then you're all done." - Melissa F. Cooper "Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris." - Larry Wall ============================================================== _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
