Is there any way to search all style & text files at once?

foosion · 05-05-2025, 03:00 PM

As the title says.

Most of the things I want to do unambiguously affect one or the other, not both. As a random example, I'd want to delete all occurrences of "text-align: justify", then search for "today is Friday". It just adds an extra unnecessary step to have to switch between the two types of files.

If there isn't a way to do this, can I request the change to add it?

kcarscadden · 05-05-2025, 05:21 PM

There is a dropdown in the search dialog that lets you select Current file, All text files, All style files, Selected files, Open files or Marked text.

Am I misinterpreting your question?

DNSB · 05-05-2025, 05:40 PM

I think the OP wants be able to search in all files so they do not need to switch from all style files to all text files to ncx file or opf file.0.

I personally feel that since search for a specific item in the style files is different enough from searching for an inline style in a text file, it's not a good idea and is likely to give problems trying to validate a ePub.

BetterRed · 05-05-2025, 06:19 PM

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There is a dropdown in the search dialog that lets you select Current file, All text files, All style files, Selected files, Open files or Marked text.

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foosion · 05-06-2025, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

I think the OP wants be able to search in all files so they do not need to switch from all style files to all text files to ncx file or opf file.0.

I personally feel that since search for a specific item in the style files is different enough from searching for an inline style in a text file, it's not a good idea and is likely to give problems trying to validate a ePub.

I want to be able to search all style files and text files at once, rather than having to switch between style and text. I'm not suggesting any current search choice be eliminated.

foosion · 05-06-2025, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcarscadden

There is a dropdown in the search dialog that lets you select Current file, All text files, All style files, Selected files, Open files or Marked text.

Am I misinterpreting your question?

Yes, you are misinterpreting. You have to choose one of those. It is not possible to search All text and All style as part of one search. I want a combined category of style and text.

DNSB · 05-06-2025, 02:39 PM

You can try a work around by selecting all the text and style files in the file browser and Selected files in the dropdown. See images for results. Again, I do not recommend doing this especially if you are using regex. As the images show, size is found 21 times in the text files, 42 times in the CSS files and 63 times in the combined text/CSS files.

Quoth · 05-07-2025, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

I think the OP wants be able to search in all files so they do not need to switch from all style files to all text files to ncx file or opf file.0.

I personally feel that since search for a specific item in the style files is different enough from searching for an inline style in a text file, it's not a good idea and is likely to give problems trying to validate a ePub.

Yes. Makes more sense to search all text files and all style files separately.

05-05-2025, 03:00 PM	#1
foosion Evangelist Posts: 477 Karma: 41524 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo Libra 2 & Clara BW	Is there any way to search all style & text files at once? As the title says. Most of the things I want to do unambiguously affect one or the other, not both. As a random example, I'd want to delete all occurrences of "text-align: justify", then search for "today is Friday". It just adds an extra unnecessary step to have to switch between the two types of files. If there isn't a way to do this, can I request the change to add it?

05-06-2025, 02:39 PM	#7
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 45,334 Karma: 168808725 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	You can try a work around by selecting all the text and style files in the file browser and Selected files in the dropdown. See images for results. Again, I do not recommend doing this especially if you are using regex. As the images show, size is found 21 times in the text files, 42 times in the CSS files and 63 times in the combined text/CSS files. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by DNSB; 05-06-2025 at 02:42 PM.

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05-05-2025, 05:21 PM	#2
kcarscadden Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 13776 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: semi-north Ontario, Canada (N 45.41 W -79.67) Device: iPad Air 5, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE	There is a dropdown in the search dialog that lets you select Current file, All text files, All style files, Selected files, Open files or Marked text. Am I misinterpreting your question?

05-05-2025, 05:40 PM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 45,334 Karma: 168808725 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I think the OP wants be able to search in all files so they do not need to switch from all style files to all text files to ncx file or opf file.0. I personally feel that since search for a specific item in the style files is different enough from searching for an inline style in a text file, it's not a good idea and is likely to give problems trying to validate a ePub.

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