I have a request for changing slightly how the quick search behaves in
eric3. Fundamentally, I would like it to work more like the quick
search in other kde apps (like kdevelop). The one difference I notice
is that in the other kde apps, the value being searched for becomes
selected if you start a new quicksearch session after doing something
else (such as move the cursor or click the mouse, or press enter). This
lets you either repeat a previous search or start typing a new one
without having to delete anything. In eric3, the cursor in the
quicksearch edit is just placed at the end the next time you start a
new search.
For example, if I have Ctrl-F mapped to doing a quick search:
- first Ctrl-F brings focus to the quicksearch edit with entire
field selected (no search happens yet)
- optionally I can type a new string to search for (or leave alone
to search for what I last searched for)
- second (and subsequent) Ctrl-F searches
- return ends search and adds to history
- OR ESC ends search, doesn't add to history and returns cursor
to where I first started searching (this is something even other kde
apps don't do but would be nice)
- OR mouse click in editor ends search (doesn't` add to history)
- Once I change the field value in the quick search, the field
remains unhighlighted throughout that search session e.g. as long as I
keep typing Ctrl-F or search chars (so I can narrow my search by adding
more chars)
So, the difference between what it does now and my request is that when
a new quicksearch "session" starts, the field is completely highlighted
so that if I type in chars, I replace what I previously searched for.
Right now, if I type Ctrl-U in the field to clear it out to enter a new
string, it actually starts the search for what was in the field -- not
what I wanted to happen. Additionally, it would be nice if ESC
cancelled the entire search session as though it never happened putting
me back to where I started to search from initially.
Thanks in advance for considering these changes.
Jeff
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