Search in Files: Ctrl + Enter / Click should open new search tab

[Dominik Haumann]

Hej Kåre

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 9:34 AM Kåre Särs <kare.sars at mailbox.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Monday, February 12, 2024 9:57:53 AM EET Dominik Haumann wrote:
> > Moin!
> >
> > The Search in Files plugin has the feature to open a new tab by clicking on
> > a dedicated "Add new search tab" tool button. This works, but the workflow
> > is a bit inconvenient.
> >
> > It just came to my mind that an easy solution would be: When CTRL+clicking
> > the "Search" button, we could open a new tab automatically (copying the
> > current search options). The Ctrl+click (or Ctrl+Enter) workflow is also
> > used e.g. in Browsers to open a link in a new tab.
> >
> > It would be a small but convenient change.
> >
> > Any takes? :-)
> >
> > Maybe we could add this as todo in a "Kate in 2024" gitlab issue? :-)
> >
>
> That could be a nice new way to open a new tab... There is also the (not-
> assigned) shortcut to open the search in a new tab, but if you already have
> entered the search string when you decide that you want a new tab, it can be
> annoying. It opens the new tab with the selected word in the editor and that
> is probably not what you had in mind if you already had edited the search
> string.
>
> So sounds like a good addition! The only problem I see is that it would be a
> bit hard to find if you don't know it.... How would we make people aware of the
> possibility?


How is it discoverable in browsers? Just tested this: not at all.
I'd argue "who cares" in this case. Yes, it's not discoverable, but at the same
time, it would still be a nice workflow addition.

Best regards
Dominik