[Geany] quick find behavior

[Gordon Wrigley]

> 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.

G

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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