Find brings up a dialog, and the word you search for is remembered for subsequent finds via the Find Next command (default F3).
Volatile finds are quick searches for other occurrences of the currently-marked block of text. If no text is marked, the current word under the cursor is marked the first time the volatile find command is executed. I think it's called volatile because the find text is not remembered; it only searches for the currently-marked block. --Joel
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I've been a fan of Notepad++ for a while now. But I have just what question, what is the difference between Find and Find (Volatile)?
Don't forget Incremental Search...
Find brings up a dialog, and the word you search for is remembered for subsequent finds via the Find Next command (default F3).
Volatile finds are quick searches for other occurrences of the currently-marked block of text. If no text is marked, the current word under the cursor is marked the first time the volatile find command is executed. I think it's called volatile because the find text is not remembered; it only searches for the currently-marked block. --Joel