Bug 93621

Summary:	[find/replace] Allow users to close Find/Replace Dialog with Enter/Find
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Dylan <soundmanok>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	Platform-Text-Inbox <platform-text-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	alexspurling
Version:	3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description Dylan

2005-05-04 03:32:02 EDT

Most applications allow you to close the Find/Replace dialog by pressing enter.
 Deviations from commonly used user interface procedures is a hindrance to many
users.

Example, I had posted about the Find Toolbar in Firefox on the mozillazine
forums, asking if it was possible to enable the dialog.  The thread recieved a
lot of hype, and resulted in the RetroFind extension.
http://s93731204.onlinehome.us/firefox/retrofind.html

Adding something in the configuration of Eclipse to allow users to close the
Find/Replace dialog on first find would be a trivial but highly useful thing to
have.

Comment 1 Dylan

2005-05-04 18:43:30 EDT

Interesting.  I just realized a lot of windows apps find dialog doesn't go away
on search, nor does firefox's even with the retrofind.

Kwrite/kate/mcedit/nano/pico's all do, I guess I'm just used to those.

Maybe it's 50/50 as to which way is done more.

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2005-05-08 15:07:01 EDT

We won't add this to the current dialog but we might enhance Find/Replace in
3.2. Leaving this one open as a reminder.

Comment 3 Alex Spurling

2007-11-08 12:01:44 EST

I'd also find this feature useful. After the Find dialog has done its job finding the first instance of a search string I don't need to see it again. Currently you need to press Esc to close the dialog. Once it is closed you can always use the Find Next and Find Previous keyboard commands (default Ctrl-K and Ctrl-Shift-K) which allow you to scroll through all the occurrences of your search term without the find dialog obscuring your view. With the Find dialog open it is also cumbersome to find the previous occurrence as it requires 2 clicks or more than a few keyboard taps. For these reasons I think we should have an option to close the dialog immediately upon pressing Enter.

Comment 4 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 16:11:02 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.