how to select all lines containing a keyword
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Notepad ++ has a function to search and replace. Now it would be great if there was a way to search and select all lines containing the keyword. i.e. milk is on line 69 78 101 322 so if i type search and select it would select all lines containing milk
"Still, you can use Notepad++'s extensive toolkit to achieve what you what."
Good answer. But myxador doesn't explain what he wants to do once he has selected all these lines. Selecting non-contiguous lines isn't posible, as far as I know, so there's obviously more to the question.
Perhaps myxador just wants to see where all the matches are. If so, then enabling "Mark Line" and "Style found token" in the Find (control+F) dialog before clicking Find All should help. Otherwise the URL Fool4UAnyway provided should help with most other possibilities.
> But myxador doesn't explain what he wants to do once he has selected all these lines.
> Selecting non-contiguous lines isn't posible, as far as I know,
> so there's obviously more to the question.
If he want to do some operations on the marked lines, here's a good news :
In Notepad++ v5, user can delete the marked lines and do copy/cut/paste from (or to) the clipboard on the marked lines.
Don
> But myxador doesn't explain what he wants to do once he has selected all these lines.
> Selecting non-contiguous lines isn't posible, as far as I know, ...
It is possible, more or less, using TextFX Viz. That is, TextFX Viz allows you to copy the visible part of a selection. Of course one can copy matches and paste them into a new document.
> Perhaps myxador just wants to see where all the matches are.
I refer to a message that describes how you can "select" all those lines. I believe that is what myxador asks for.
See also the message
"RE: copy to clip all text matching regex pattern"
http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4915652
in the thread
"copy to clip all text matching regex pattern" (Help forum)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2012623&forum_id=331754
Still, you can use Notepad++'s extensive toolkit to achieve what you what.
See this message
"RE: Need help using regex"
http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4923889
in the thread
"Need help using regex" (Help forum)
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2016115&forum_id=331754
I believe soon it will be available to copy all found occurrences (in files, open files, or the current document) from the find results window.