Search Results window enhancements

[JimmieC]

Screen layouts based on monitors attached.

I use a laptop with a "Port Replicator" (Toshiba-speak). While on the PR, I have two 1920x1080 monitors. Off the PR, the laptop has a 1600x900 built-in LCD. When I am on the PR, I like to drag the Search Results out to the second monitor. Obviously, this is not an option while using the built-in LCD only. I believe that there is a way to support the different layouts by creating two different shortcuts that use command line arguments; I think I read that somewhere. It would be nice if SE could just remember the the layouts automatically based on number of screens and resolutions attached.

[JimmieC]

When search results is configured auto-hide, make the pop-up of the results "sticky". That is, it stays up until it has been navigated with the mouse rather than a fixed timeout in the configuration.

http://community.slickedit.com/index.php/topic,11151.0.html

[JimmieC]

Search Results Auto-Hide would be triggered by focus and loss-of-focus rather than a fixed timeout.

http://community.slickedit.com/index.php/topic,11151.0.html

[JimmieC]

Improve using ESC key to close References and Search Results.

https://community.slickedit.com/index.php/topic,4972.870.html

[jporkkahtc]

#1:
Make "Search Results" have infinite history, instead of a circular buffer of results.
Don't make me pick a small number of results, just remember enough of them that I don't care - say 500.

The older ones wouldn't need to remember the actual results, just the search conditions. (basically, a macro to repeat the search).

#2:
Make it possible to setup the find dialog from a search result so I can repeat a search (most likely with some change :-)).

#3:
Make search history an auto-restore item.
"auto restore search results"
"auto restore workspace search results"

[JimmieC]

Find with List all occurrences or Find in Files can be opened as an editor window where the results can be printed.

It would be nice to have an option for the highlighted matches to be printed. That is, the way they are on the screen.

As feature improvements go, this is a relatively minor nicety.
Regards, Jim

[Dan]

Have you tried checking "Output to editor window"?

[JimmieC]

I didn't choose output to editor window. But, I did right-click on the search results and select open in editor window. I,m pretty sure they accomplish the same thing. The search results open in the editor window with all of the (regex) matches highlighted. Printing prints the text but not the background highlighting.

However, on second thought printing in text-only, non-html, I don't think the highlight can be printed. But, maybe it could be printed as bold-italics.

Jim