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When keyboard focus in on the input field of the editor search bar (Ctrl+F), then upon changing the options or doing previous/next via Alt+P/N/M/W/E/T, the keyboard focus moves away from the input field to the respective button or checkbox. One needs to use a sequence of Shift+Tab to get it back to the input field. This is a regression from NB 6.9, where the keyboard focus remained in the input field when actuating the other searchbar items using the keyboard.
PS: This is in 7.0 Beta.
I will fix that.
Attempt to improve the situation is here: http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/90b43c648249 I have added the mnemonic Alt-F to jump to the search field if the focus is elsewhere in the Find bar.
Thanks for that fix. Would it be possible, in addition to Alt+F, to make Ctrl+F work too (or possibly whatever has been defined as the keyboard shortcut to invoke the Find bar)? This way the same shortcut would work to focus the search field regardless of whether the Find bar is open or not. I find myself hitting Ctrl+F several times before I realize that it doesn't work because the bar is already open.
There is now also option to use CTRL+F to go to text field. This change will be in 7.1. http://hg.netbeans.org/jet-main/rev/4d6a508f9461 http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB71#New_Replace_Bar