[Geany] quick find behavior

[Lex Trotman]

On 8 September 2012 00:07, Gordon Wrigley <gordon.wrigley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm assuming that by "quick search box" you mean the toolbar search entry?
>
> yes
>
>> The keybinding focus->switch to search bar (default f7) works pretty close
>> to the way you describe.
>
> It does the focus and select bit, but it doesn't do the find next part. Is
> there a way to bind two things to one keyboard shortcut? Because binding
> <find next> and <switch to search bar> to ctrl-g would get me the chrome
> behavior.

No you can't bind two actions to the same key.  I havn't tried it but
you might be able to use the Geanymacro plugin to have two things done
on the one keystroke.

Cheers
Lex

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> G
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> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 7 September 2012 01:33, Gordon Wrigley <gordon.wrigley at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I'd like different behavior from ctrl-g (currently <find next>).
>> > Originally I was going to ask if there was a way of making it like
>> > Chrome
>> > where in addition to jumping to the next result it also moves focus to
>> > the
>> > quick search box and highlights the current content of the quick search
>> > box
>> > so you can easily replace it.
>>
>> I'm assuming that by "quick search box" you mean the toolbar search entry?
>>
>> The keybinding focus->switch to search bar (default f7) works pretty
>> close to the way you describe.  I re-define <ctrl>f to use that since
>> its way less disruptive than the search dialog.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lex
>>
>> <
>>
>> > This is not as disruptive as it might sound as you can always dismiss
>> > the
>> > quick search box and move focus to the search result by hitting escape.
>> >
>> > Having played around with the keybindings a bit I'm also interested in
>> > something that does all that and copies the current text selection to
>> > the
>> > quick search box.
>> >
>> > Are there any existing options for anything like this?
>> >
>> > If it matters any I currently have 1.22 on win7.
>> >
>> > G
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