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Old 10-29-2020, 07:59 AM   #1
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Saved searches feature request...?

I have a number of saved searches where I do find next and then either replace (so for example search for "-(\W)" and then replace with "—\1") or type a replacement (for example delete a space after the hyphen in what should be a hyphenated word, or remove the matching text if the word should not have been "hy- phenated").

In the latter case, from the saved searches dialogue, I have to click on the editor panel (carefully to avoid losing the selection) and press delete, or press "end" (or click) to go to the end of the selection and then press backspace to remove just the space. Then I have to click on Find in the Saved Searches dialogue to continue. This requires a lot of switching from mouse to keyboard and back again.

What I often do is edit the saved search, copy the search and replacement to the normal search & replace boxes, and then I can press F3 to search, press either delete or end-backspace or replace, F3 to search again... without all the messing about with the mouse.

Would it be possible to add a "copy search" button to the Saved Searches dialog to copy a saved search to the normal S&R dialog to make this process easier?

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