https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20893
--- Comment #8 from Roan Kattouw <[email protected]> 2009-10-11 13:39:39 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3) > I do not remember which browser it was (not IE though, I am certain, I was on > a > Linux box), > Konqueror and Iceweasel (a Mozilla Firefox clone) are the more likely ones. > I did not get JS errors, else I had reported them. > > > it finds the next occurrence and replaces > > it, so it's more like "Find next and replace > > This appears pretty useless to me, because you do not see what is going to > happen. > > I want the order reversed: Find and mark an occurrence, and when I hit a > button > (either "no, thanks, show next" > or "Yes, do it, then show next") I want an action taken on the text. Also, I > want to see as much as possible of > the surrounding text, which means, place the hit very close to the middle of > the edit window for me to inspect. > This kind of behavior could be scheduled for another "search and replace" > button, or offered depending on a > parameter in the user preferences, I'd suggest. > This discussion of having a "Replace" instead of a "Replace next" button is at bug 20919. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
