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From looking at the Edit menu, it is not obvious why there is a Find/Replace and a Search item. Search seems to apply to all resources, not just the editor with focus. Maybe this item would be better in the File menu? NOTES:
PRODUCT VERSION: 0.101 (JDK)
Or maybe move the Search menu item into the Workbench menu? For later consideration
Reopened for investigation
The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines recommends that in interfaces where a "Search" toplevel menu is added, Find/Replace functionality be migrated from Edit to this menu. When people see a prominent category displayed that would logically contain their desired item (such as Search) they frequently do not continue to look further (and thus may not find Find, I know it took me a few days to discover this). The additional problem here is providing a distinction between "Search..." functionality and "Find" functionality. I think it might be better to find a logical way to merge these two functions rather than trying to make unnatural distinctions. The "Search" menu is, in general confusing. The menu items are not helpful without actually opening the dialogues to see what htey contain, and e.g. Help... probably shouldn't be in this menu at all (searching help is traditionally put under the "Help" menu, Search is usually reserved for user documents/data).
Search now has its own menu. Find/Replace should stay where it is an edit function (as it is on the popup for the text editor). For the sake of consistency it should be left where it is.
