Hi,
the most common search & replace I do is "Replace in Selection". I can do everything with the keyboard, including switching RegExp on and off, but I need to use the Alt/option key to switch to In Selection and the mouse to do it.
I was wondering, is there anyway to access those buttons with the keyboard?
Best regards,
Hi Pedro, On May 7, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Pedro Melo wrote:
Hi,
the most common search & replace I do is "Replace in Selection". I can do everything with the keyboard, including switching RegExp on and off, but I need to use the Alt/option key to switch to In Selection and the mouse to do it.
I was wondering, is there anyway to access those buttons with the keyboard?
Unless I've misunderstood you, Shift-Control-Cmd-F would do it.
(Essentially you are accessing the corresponding menu items, I think).
Best regards,
Haris Skiadas Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Hanover College
On Mon, 7 May 2007, Charilaos Skiadas wrote:
On May 7, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Pedro Melo wrote:
the most common search & replace I do is "Replace in Selection". I can do everything with the keyboard, including switching RegExp on and off, but I need to use the Alt/option key to switch to In Selection and the mouse to do it.
I was wondering, is there anyway to access those buttons with the keyboard?
Unless I've misunderstood you, Shift-Control-Cmd-F would do it.
I don't know about Pedro, but the reason that doesn't work for me is that the Shift-Control-Cmd-F command doesn't open the Find dialog. It just executes the last find/replace operation on the selection. So you have to open the Find dialog (Cmd-F), enter the search/replace terms, close the dialog (Esc), then execute it (Shift-Control-Cmd-F). To me, that's much more awkward than just reaching for the mouse.
This may help Pedro, though: You can tab through the controls in the Find dialog, including the buttons. So open the dialog, enter the "find" term, tab, enter the "replace" term, tab five more times to highlight the "Replace All" button, press option to change it to "In Selection", and finally hit space to press the button. Still a pain in the backside, but at least it's doable.
On May 8, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Steve King wrote:
On Mon, 7 May 2007, Charilaos Skiadas wrote:
On May 7, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Pedro Melo wrote:
the most common search & replace I do is "Replace in Selection". I can do everything with the keyboard, including switching RegExp on and off, but I need to use the Alt/option key to switch to In Selection and the mouse to do it. I was wondering, is there anyway to access those buttons with the keyboard?
Unless I've misunderstood you, Shift-Control-Cmd-F would do it.
I don't know about Pedro, but the reason that doesn't work for me is that the Shift-Control-Cmd-F command doesn't open the Find dialog. It just executes the last find/replace operation on the selection. So you have to open the Find dialog (Cmd-F), enter the search/replace terms, close the dialog (Esc), then execute it (Shift-Control-Cmd-F). To me, that's much more awkward than just reaching for the mouse.
No you don't have to close the dialog, just type shift-control-cmd-F with the dialog window open. It is true it will not open the Find dialog, but that's just one more keystroke, certainly better than other alternatives.
Btw, I prefer to use cmd-W to close the find window, easier for me than esc. But that's neither here nor there ;).
This may help Pedro, though: You can tab through the controls in the Find dialog, including the buttons. So open the dialog, enter the "find" term, tab, enter the "replace" term, tab five more times to highlight the "Replace All" button, press option to change it to "In Selection", and finally hit space to press the button. Still a pain in the backside, but at least it's doable.
-- Steve King, steve@narbat.com
Haris Skiadas Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Hanover College
On 5/8/07, Steve King steve@narbat.com wrote:
You can tab through the controls in the Find dialog, including the buttons.
Whether or not this is true depends on a system setting (in the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane, Keyboard Shortcuts tab).
Robin
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