It would be nice to have an "Highlight" all button in the find bar that highlights (or selects) all occurrences of the search string with a single click, like in Firefox. It should not open a new window like "Find all" does.
Valid enhancement. This can be other option in find bar. Setting to NEW.
This is similar to what I suggested in bug 87998 comment 3.
Hmm, sorry, but there's something I do not understand. Just looking in 4.4.0.2, Ubuntu type 'foo' in find bar, hit 'Find all' and all 'foo' in my text is selected. Can you pls check that?
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #3) > Hmm, sorry, but there's something I do not understand. > Just looking in 4.4.0.2, Ubuntu > type 'foo' in find bar, hit 'Find all' and all 'foo' in my text is selected. > > Can you pls check that? Yes, but window "Search Results" appear. This enhancement is about new button "Highlight All" in Find bar - similar to "Find All", but without "Search Result" window. Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: a272f5b7b30f356418ecf28eb95d066f081d1624 TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2015-01-09_09:50:59
(In reply to raal from comment #4) > Yes, but window "Search Results" appear. Not for me, as you could read from my comment ;) How does that window look?
Created attachment 112392 [details] search results window search result window
Ah. Is this an issue for Calc or for Writer ?? In Calc all items are highlighted too, as requested in the original comment... ???
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #7) > Ah. Is this an issue for Calc or for Writer ?? > previously Component Spreadsheet > In Calc all items are highlighted too, as requested in the original > comment... > ??? yes
Hi raal, So as far as I understand this, the current behaviour is just what is asked, with the only difference that the pop up 'search results' is not shown? (In issue 87965 the request is to make that optional when using the search&replace dialog.) However, on large spreadsheets it may be very convenient if this result window is shown, also after find all in the search bar. So if all above is correct, then: a. the summary of this issue is plain wrong b. I'm not convinced that removing that window is a good idea.
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #9) Hi Cor, > Hi raal, > > So as far as I understand this, the current behaviour is just what is asked, > with the only difference that the pop up 'search results' is not shown? > > (In issue 87965 the request is to make that optional when using the > search&replace dialog.) I thoughts just create 2 buttons. But this two bugs are similar and only one can win, I think: variant A) implement bug 87965 - one button , result window is optional variant B) implement bug 88489 - two buttons - with and without Result window > > However, on large spreadsheets it may be very convenient if this result > window is shown, also after find all in the search bar. yes , I propose to have 2 buttons - Find All & Highlight All. Also on large spreadsheets is Result window performance loss if you have lots of results. > > So if all above is correct, then: > a. the summary of this issue is plain wrong > b. I'm not convinced that removing that window is a good idea. with 2 buttons is all true/correct
Ideally I would prefer the cells to be highlighted so that the highlight sticks even when selection changes, again just like in Firefox. But to have select without a result window would be an improvement already. The selection window is still needed when you want to see the results on multiple sheets.
(In reply to Helge Hielscher from comment #11) > Ideally I would prefer the cells to be highlighted so that the highlight > sticks even when selection changes, again just like in Firefox. With "when selection changes" you mean that the highlighting remains when you click on another cell? I think that's rather unlikely to be implemented, because it completely differs from current situation. > But to have select without a result window would be an improvement already. > The selection window is still needed when you want to see the results on > multiple sheets. OK, thanks.
*** Bug 88805 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
search results are highlighted by default with the "find all" button. Version: 7.1.0.3 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 10(Build:3) CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.10; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded