Search & Replace - split "in current file" into separate plugin/tab

[rhkramer at gmail.com]

On Friday, January 14, 2022 05:20:10 PM Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> I also use both.
> What I don't like about Ctrl+F, is that it immediately jumps to the first
> match as soon as I start typing, i.e. I loose "focus". Also it doesn't
> show me how many matches there are in the document.
> Actually I use Ctrl+F more as a "go to"-function, not to "learn" something
> about a file.

I haven't followed this thread closely, so this may be off point, but use 
<ctrl>r (Replace) instead of <ctrl>f (Find) for almost all searches within a 
file -- I can type in the entire search string before letting the search 
proceed.

> If I want to see how often/where/how some text appears in the document, the
> in-current- file search of Search&Replace is more convenient. My cursor
> stays where it is in the file and it gives my an overview over the matches
> in this file.
> 
> Alex