Hi,
I run TM 1.5.7 (1464) on 10.5.2 ppc.
I'm a keyboard person. If I open the standard Find Dialog and I would like to choose a previous used Find pattern, I press ARROW-DOWN to open the history list; then I go to my desired pattern; and finally to select it I press ENTER or RETURN. But pressing ENTER/RETURN not only selects my pattern but also starts the Find/Replace process, which can be a bit annoying caused by the issue that I didn't choose my replace pattern yet.
Is there a way in TM 1 or TM 2 to get rid of the "tiny problem"? Meaning, if the history list is open ENTER/RETURN _only_ selects the list item?
Many thanks,
Hans
Hans-Joerg Bibiko bibiko@eva.mpg.de wrote:
How about pressing "tab" after you've highlighted the required search term?
Cheers, Paul
Hi again,
This doesn't work. If I press TAB only the focus will jump to the next GUI
element (without selecting my required search term).
Gack: sorry 'bout that. I selected the same thing that was already in the field when testing...
Take two is a fairly ugly procedure, but might be better than touching that dirty mouse. When arrowing down the list hitting
Shift-Return
inserts your selection into the field. Then
Tab
goes to the replace field. As mentioned above, it ain't pretty...
Cheers, Paul
On 20 May 2008, at 08:14, Hans-Joerg Bibiko wrote:
I open the standard Find Dialog and I would like to choose a previous used Find pattern
Actually I just did a plug-in for this, by request. http://ciaranwal.sh/files/FindHistory.tmplugin.zip With it installed you can use Control and up/down to move through the previous values in the find and replace fields. This has the benefit that it also works when in multi-line mode ;)
this sounds very useful, but would you mind making one with a different key shortcut or tell me how to alter yours. control+up/down interferes with spaces for me. perhaps option+up/down?
Thanks, Nick
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Ciarán Walsh ciawal@gmail.com wrote: