[Dan__]

calibre 8.16.1
see the screen shot
calibre on left, sigil on right
calibre shows result of command-F (this is mac)

My goal was to search within the css files for some text and remove it. Doing this is sigil is straightforwared

In the calibre editor, the find is so dumbed-down that compared to the sigil find and replace the current implementation in calibre is, from my humble point of view, totally useless. It apparently can only search open files whereas sigil gives you a wide choice of file types to search and it will search them all without needing to open each one.

Perhaps this is taking simplification too far?

Sigil is always an option but it entails a more complex workflow: open book folder, rt-click open with sigil. Not a biggy

Maybe all that's needed is an option sto specify what epub editor to use when choosing edit book from the rt-click options in calibre?

If, as usual, I'm way off target and totally inappropriate, just tell me and I will go away.

Thank you