Text Tool - Find Previous
Dear Xara...
The Find and Replace Dialog (Text Tool > Ctrl+F or Selector Tool > Ctrl+Alt+F), does not have a Find previous button. There does not appear to be a Key_TextTool_FindPrevious function.
Why this oversight?
Do you not realise how frustrating this is?
My current remedy is to use Text Tool > Ctrl+G after reposition the text cursor higher up the text.
You do not have the courtesy of advising Ctrl+G invokes the Key_TextTool_FindNext function anywhere.
A highlighted 'All found' might be useful for a serious DTP.
An automatic copy into the Find on opening when there is a text selection would be handy.
The last retained search or even a history might be nice.
the pop-up that becomes a stuck-up "End of search scope reached. Continuing from start." could do with closing when you do just that. Otherwise, how do you know if you have found all instances?
Acorn
Re: Text Tool - Find Previous
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Originally Posted by
Acorn
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A highlighted 'All found' might be useful for a serious DTP. ...
That's sort of the way Affinity Publisher works. The found text appears in a panel below the find/replace input with a snippet of the context, but not on-page.
I don't use find in Xara applications. Does it now go from page to page looking?
Re: Text Tool - Find Previous
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Originally Posted by
mwenz
Does it now go from page to page looking?
Yes, it can as there is a tick box for just that.
Acorn
Re: Text Tool - Find Previous
Excellent, Acorn. Thanks.
On-page highlighting would be nice and likely easier to implement versus Serif's solution--then Xara wouldn't need to make a panel. It is also far more visual and applies to more than dtp but also web.
Re: Text Tool - Find Previous
Re: Text Tool - Find Previous
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Originally Posted by
Acorn
You do not have the courtesy of advising Ctrl+G invokes the Key_TextTool_FindNext function anywhere.
FWIW it's listed in customise key shortcuts [standard/classic] as 'find next match'
Re: Text Tool - Find Previous
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Originally Posted by
handrawn
FWIW it's listed in customise key shortcuts [standard/classic] as 'find next match'
Yet if to try to add Ctrl+G to another key, it fails to show in the Conflict List; you only see Group.
Another bodge.
Acorn
