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Bug 244329

Summary:	Allow search minidialog and highlighting for multiple tabs/windows at the same time
Product:	editor	Reporter:	peterkehl <peterkehl>
Component:	Search	Assignee:	Milutin Kristofic <mkristofic>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.0.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description peterkehl 2014-05-06 11:15:26 UTC

It would be beneficial to be able to search in multiple editor windows at the same time (whether for the same pattern, or possibly different - as you see fit; currently it enforces the same pattern), and to have the found terms highlighted in each window (where I used Find feature) at the same time.

Basically, I'd like the 'Find' minidialog (at the bottom of the source edit window) and the highlighting to stay active, even if I switch the focus/input to a different docked or floating window. I think that would increase user's navigation in source code, especially when looking at occurrences of functions/variables/symbols used in
- two or several files, or
- two or more locations in the same long file (the same file open in two windows)

This may look as opposite to https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=142106, but it's not fully the opposite.

Comment 1 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 07:31:11 UTC

This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss