Clear the "Find what" box with one click

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Moonlight
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Clear the "Find what" box with one click

Post by Moonlight »

It would be a small but useful addition:

Currently the "Find what" edit box looks like this:

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Whenever I want to change the search term I have to remove the existing one manually. That's a little bit cumbersome, especially when you have to do it often.

Sometimes applications have an "X" (or something similar) in the box so that the removal of the entry can be performed with a single click:

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Perhaps something like this could be added in Atlantis too?
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Re: Clear the "Find what" box with one click

Post by admin »

Standard edit boxes are not supposed to contain "X" boxes.

When the "Find box" box does not have the input focus (typing text does not go to this box), you can simply click the box. Its currents contents would be automatically selected, and you could overtype or overpaste it with new text.

When the "Find box" box has the input focus, you can press Ctrl+A to "select all", then replace the selected text with new one.
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Re: Clear the "Find what" box with one click

Post by Moonlight »

With version 4.4.3.9 is introduced a new "Cancel search" button. Clicking it
... stops the search that is currently in progress (if any) and clears the "Find what" and "Replace with" text, formatting, and results.
(see https://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/e ... _3_009.htm)

This is a small, but (to my mind) very useful feature as it makes it more comfortable to empty the "Find what" field.

That's what I had in mind with the suggestion in my first posting.

Thanks for this new feature. :D
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