When I want to search for an expression and press Ctrl+F, the word that is at the cursor gets automatically selected. Is it possible to disable this feature?
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Just click somewhere in the edited area after the search box is open.
Another workaround is to select some area of text bbefore hitting Ctrl-F. In this case, the "inside selection" checkbox becomes available, and this option is quite convenient, even though it has what I'd consider as quirks - most edotors have their own ones.
But indeed this could be an option somewhere in the Preferences dialog.
CChris
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Seconded, because moving the cursor at first may help but doing this afterwards requires annoying additional steps. Often you only notice that you should have moved the cursor when you don't find the last searchword (the one you would expect) in your searchbox.
This should be either an option in the searchbox (but if so, one that's remembered between restarts) or a global option (the better solution in my opinon).
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When I want to search for an expression and press Ctrl+F, the word that is at the cursor gets automatically selected. Is it possible to disable this feature?
Just click somewhere in the edited area after the search box is open.
Another workaround is to select some area of text bbefore hitting Ctrl-F. In this case, the "inside selection" checkbox becomes available, and this option is quite convenient, even though it has what I'd consider as quirks - most edotors have their own ones.
But indeed this could be an option somewhere in the Preferences dialog.
CChris
i also would like to disable this feature.
Seconded, because moving the cursor at first may help but doing this afterwards requires annoying additional steps. Often you only notice that you should have moved the cursor when you don't find the last searchword (the one you would expect) in your searchbox.
This should be either an option in the searchbox (but if so, one that's remembered between restarts) or a global option (the better solution in my opinon).
Workaround: move cursor to an empty line, then press CTRL+F.