Bug 43040 - [Dialogs] Find/Replace Dialog Should be able to dock
Summary: [Dialogs] Find/Replace Dialog Should be able to dock
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 99294
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2003-09-12 14:26 EDT by Jacob Robertson CLA
Modified: 2018-05-10 11:07 EDT (History)
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IntelliJs inline search and replaces (37.10 KB, image/png)
2018-05-10 11:03 EDT, Stephen McCants CLA 		no flags Details
NetBeans Search and Replace (16.96 KB, image/png)
2018-05-10 11:04 EDT, Stephen McCants CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Jacob Robertson CLA 2003-09-12 14:26:41 EDT 
The little dialog that pops up when you do Control-F should be able to dock.  
It is very annoying when it shows up right on top of the text you're 
searching.  So, you invariably have to move it.  OR, if it was docked like 
everything else, you'd be good to go.
Comment 1 John Arthorne CLA 2003-09-12 14:37:45 EDT 
Moving to UI for consideration.  With floating views it's now a possibility.
Comment 2 Tod Creasey CLA 2006-06-22 08:35:58 EDT 
There are currently no plans to work on this feature
Comment 3 Daniel Sokolowski CLA 2015-08-05 15:25:24 EDT 
Can we re-open this? I believe there is a need and so let the votes decide.
Comment 4 Lars Vogel CLA 2015-08-05 15:35:30 EDT 
(In reply to Daniel Sokolowski from comment #3)
> Can we re-open this? I believe there is a need and so let the votes decide.

If you provide a code patch for this, we can reconsider, otherwise you can use CTRL+J to do inline search.
Comment 5 Stephen McCants CLA 2018-05-10 10:59:54 EDT 
This should be reconsidered.  It is a feature of modern UI to have an "inline" search or a search that doesn't require an additional dialog that covers up a lot of screen real estate.

You see it in Netbeans and IntelliJ.  You see it in all modern web browsers (which compete with each other on the best user interface).

It really is time for Eclipse to get with the program and provide a better way to search for things.
Comment 6 Stephen McCants CLA 2018-05-10 11:03:24 EDT 
Created attachment 273992 [details]
IntelliJs inline search and replaces

How IntelliJ accomplishes this.
Comment 7 Stephen McCants CLA 2018-05-10 11:04:02 EDT 
Created attachment 273993 [details]
NetBeans Search and Replace

How NetBeans accomplishes this.
Comment 8 Dani Megert CLA 2018-05-10 11:07:53 EDT 
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 99294 ***