It's a great editor and I greatly appreciate the all the options for finding and replacing. Nevertheless, many times things don't work the first time or two (program interface problems I presume) and the dialogs and windows could be greatly improved on. The highlighting (of "finds") feature is significantly missing. This is the first time I've mentioned any of this as I've left it to others. I'm not complaining either but trying to help.
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"I can't imagine a useful scenario where it would be helpful to remember the last directory in the find dialog."
I can. I have many CDs and DVDs with software and documents. I have made .txt files with the content of each CD and stored them on another partition. I often have to search for something and each time I have to browse to the folder with the .txt files. The only solution is to put all the .txt files in the directory of Notepad++ as this is the default directory, but that's not ideal.
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Why you don't use one of the Explorer plugins? You can do everytime a right mouse click on your prefered path and perform a "Find in Files..." from there.
Anyway, I second the remembering of last path too and in addition I would second remembering of last filter. Maybe Don can change the behaviour like this:
- Everytime the "Find in Files..." dialog will be opend the last filter and last file will be shown.
- If the user switches between different file types (Perl and C++ language) currently this filter will be forced by Notepad++. Isn't it a better way to add it into the history list in combo box as an additional filter? Or to add a button to the right side of the combo box to force the filter to the current file type?
Best Regards
Jens
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Maybe I'm not understanding the requested features but item #1 is available from a context menu. The find dialog is not modal so you can right-click the first result and mark all results. I can't imagine a useful scenario where it would be helpful to remember the last directory in the find dialog. If files are being processed in batch, there are plugins for that as well as some third-party stand alone programs not associated with Notepad++.
If you have coding skills you are welcome to contribute a grep feature as a plugin or stand alone program.
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It would be nice if the "Find in files" feature is improved by:
1. In the find results high light the string/word(s) you was looking for.
2. Remember the last directory.
Almost all editors I tested have these options. But no editor can match Notepad++! So please add these features.
I couldn't agree more.
+1
so do I
+1
It's a great editor and I greatly appreciate the all the options for finding and replacing. Nevertheless, many times things don't work the first time or two (program interface problems I presume) and the dialogs and windows could be greatly improved on. The highlighting (of "finds") feature is significantly missing. This is the first time I've mentioned any of this as I've left it to others. I'm not complaining either but trying to help.
"I can't imagine a useful scenario where it would be helpful to remember the last directory in the find dialog."
I can. I have many CDs and DVDs with software and documents. I have made .txt files with the content of each CD and stored them on another partition. I often have to search for something and each time I have to browse to the folder with the .txt files. The only solution is to put all the .txt files in the directory of Notepad++ as this is the default directory, but that's not ideal.
Why you don't use one of the Explorer plugins? You can do everytime a right mouse click on your prefered path and perform a "Find in Files..." from there.
Anyway, I second the remembering of last path too and in addition I would second remembering of last filter. Maybe Don can change the behaviour like this:
- Everytime the "Find in Files..." dialog will be opend the last filter and last file will be shown.
- If the user switches between different file types (Perl and C++ language) currently this filter will be forced by Notepad++. Isn't it a better way to add it into the history list in combo box as an additional filter? Or to add a button to the right side of the combo box to force the filter to the current file type?
Best Regards
Jens
Maybe I'm not understanding the requested features but item #1 is available from a context menu. The find dialog is not modal so you can right-click the first result and mark all results. I can't imagine a useful scenario where it would be helpful to remember the last directory in the find dialog. If files are being processed in batch, there are plugins for that as well as some third-party stand alone programs not associated with Notepad++.
If you have coding skills you are welcome to contribute a grep feature as a plugin or stand alone program.