I've got the little search field present in the toolbar. It seems to do simply case-insensitive non-regex search, which is nice. It also incrementally shows what it's finding, which is especially nice. It also leaves the search term hanging around, which can be handy. For most simple searches, this little gem works very well.
Is there currently any way to get focus to move to that little search field without touching the mouse? Ctrl-f gets me the find dialog, but I'm looking for a key combo to get me to that little search box... Suggestion: Maybe Ctrl-h? (Shift-Ctrl-f is taken, 'h' is pretty close to f (find), easy to hit on the keyboard, g is taken by something else, you already get help with F1,...)
Thanks, ---John
On Tue, 8 May 2007 13:17:37 -0400, "John Gabriele" jmg3000@gmail.com wrote:
I've got the little search field present in the toolbar. It seems to do simply case-insensitive non-regex search, which is nice. It also incrementally shows what it's finding, which is especially nice. It also leaves the search term hanging around, which can be handy. For most simple searches, this little gem works very well.
Is there currently any way to get focus to move to that little search field without touching the mouse? Ctrl-f gets me the find dialog, but
Try F7 ;-). Or edit your keybindings and edit "switch_search_bar" resp. "Switch to Search Bar".
Regards, Enrico
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On 5/8/07, Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de wrote:
On Tue, 8 May 2007 13:17:37 -0400, "John Gabriele" jmg3000@gmail.com wrote:
Is there currently any way to get focus to move to that little search field without touching the mouse? Ctrl-f gets me the find dialog, but
Try F7 ;-).
Whoops. There it is. :) Thanks.
Or edit your keybindings and edit "switch_search_bar" resp. "Switch to Search Bar".
I don't know what you mean by '"switch_search_bar" resp.', but I found "Switch to Search Bar".
One problem: after I've hit F7, typed my search term, maybe hit F3 a few times, is there a way to get back to editing my doc without reaching for the mouse? I'd expect F7 to toggle me back to my document, but it doesn't.
Thanks, ---John
On Tue, 8 May 2007 13:34:21 -0400, "John Gabriele" jmg3000@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/8/07, Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de wrote:
On Tue, 8 May 2007 13:17:37 -0400, "John Gabriele" jmg3000@gmail.com wrote:
Is there currently any way to get focus to move to that little search field without touching the mouse? Ctrl-f gets me the find dialog, but
Try F7 ;-).
Whoops. There it is. :) Thanks.
Or edit your keybindings and edit "switch_search_bar" resp. "Switch to Search Bar".
I don't know what you mean by '"switch_search_bar" resp.', but I found "Switch to Search Bar".
In the preferences dialog, keybindings tab in the list of available shortcuts it is called "Switch to Search Bar". In your ~/.geany/keybindings.conf it is called switch_search_bar. Not really important unless you want to change it.
One problem: after I've hit F7, typed my search term, maybe hit F3 a few times, is there a way to get back to editing my doc without reaching for the mouse? I'd expect F7 to toggle me back to my document, but it doesn't.
F2 -> switch to editor F4 -> switch to VTE F6 -> switch to scribble And all the others are mentioned in the docs ;-).
Regards, Enrico
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On 5/8/07, Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de wrote:
On Tue, 8 May 2007 13:34:21 -0400, "John Gabriele" jmg3000@gmail.com wrote: [snip]
One problem: after I've hit F7, typed my search term, maybe hit F3 a few times, is there a way to get back to editing my doc without reaching for the mouse? I'd expect F7 to toggle me back to my document, but it doesn't.
F2 -> switch to editor F4 -> switch to VTE F6 -> switch to scribble And all the others are mentioned in the docs ;-).
Thanks.
It's funny, but I was expecting a toggle key. I like keys that toggle. Geany tends to most often use:
1. complementary key combos (ex. Ctrl-+ & Ctrl--, Ctrl-. & Ctrl-, and Ctrl-[ & Ctrl-], not to mention the named keys (like Ctrl-PgUp & Ctrl-PgDn))
2. Ctrl-key & Shift-Ctrl-key, where Shift-Ctrl-key does something "more" than just Ctrl-key (or maybe does the same sort of thing but with a twist)
3. One separate key for each action (like those focus commands (F2, F6, F4, F7))
The exceptions I notice are:
* Ctrl-I, Shift-Ctrl-I * Ctrl-G, Shift-Ctrl-G
which reverse when you hit Shift, and
* Ctrl-B (comment line) * Ctrl-M (marker) * F11 * Ctrl-T {from Scintilla}
which toggle.
By the way, Shift-Ctrl-I works great now. Thanks!
---John