Re: #13140: Restrict advanced find/replace to selection

Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:52:02 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.editors.lyx.devel
Message-ID	<acgjIwCiW5ZpfnVT@jimmy>

On Sat, Mar 28, 2026 at 05:59:19PM +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Am Samstag, dem 28.03.2026 um 16:51 +0100 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:
> > after correct instances are found, I then get the following:
> > 
> >   "The search string was not found within the selection. Continue
> > search outside?"
> > 
> > I think the wording is a bit confusing, because the string was indeed
> > found multiple types within the selection. It just wasn't found
> > *again*.
> > But not a big deal.
> 
> How about:
> 
> No (further) match was found within the selection.

Sounds good to me!

> > I then press return again (to select "yes" in the dialog). LyX then
> > correctly finds the next instance outside. But then if I press return
> > one more time, nothing else is found.
> > 
> > I realized that clicking on "Find" instead of pressing return does
> > not exhibit the same behavior (i.e., using the mouse it works as
> > expected).
> > This helped me to realize that I think the "problem" is that <Return>
> > is not connected to "Find" after that dialog pops up.
> 
> You mean the message? Yes, you need to go back to the search dialog to
> search further.

Got it.

Thanks,
Scott

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