Search in all opened files

[olegpelipenko]

It is not an issue, looks more like feature request. There is a feature in notepad++ that missing in klogg: search in multiple files.
I think that most convenient way to show results - is to show all results in one window.

[variar]

The same as nickbnf#137

[variar]

@janafrank, copied from #390

For when you need to perform the same search on many files. Just a simple option to 'Search all open files' that will save users from all that extra clicking c:

This could be triggered, for example, by holding Shift while pressing the search button (can be mentioned in the tooltip)

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[janafrank]

I was talking about a simpler feature that might be easier to implement: an option to perform the same search in each open file. So the outputs are not combined, it's just a helpful automation. The result is identical to manually performing search in each open file.

But a search through all open files similar to notepad++ would be a great thing to have indeed. The challenge here is to think of a good way of displaying the combined results in the UI.

[jeffjensen]

Great search ideas, both of them!

• "Search in all files with independent results": I regularly paste the same search text in multiple tabs, so this is a little time-saver.
• "Search in all files with combined results": I also could use this feature. I suggest a new tab opens with the results similar to how pasting clipboard opens a new tab. This could allow the user to save the combined results as a file, too.
  Line ordering is a concern to resolve - sequential appending, interwoven somehow, etc. I'd want mine sorted by the first N columns as they represent a date/time stamp, but not all files have that so need a "sort resulting lines" option for this search feature.

[janafrank]

Line ordering is a concern to resolve - sequential appending, interwoven somehow, etc. I'd want mine sorted by the first N columns as they represent a date/time stamp, but not all files have that so need a "sort resulting lines" option for this search feature.

Sorting by columns might be a little out of scope for klogg.

Check out how the notepad++ handles 'search in all open files', I think it's a good overall model since it shares some of the important concepts with klogg (regex, bottom panel, line numbers, highlighting).

[variar]

Yes, I'm thinking of something like Notepad++. However, a bottom panel with merged search results will be hard to implement in current klogg architecture. Separate tab might be easier.

[jpsv]

I'd also like to see this feature implemented, it's one of the most useful features we could have. I think having a side pane in the bottom half where each file with hits is listed could work:

file_1.txt (4)  | As-is results window on the right                   |
file_2.txt (9) >| As-is results window on the right                   |
file_3.txt (12) | As-is results window on the right                   |

A file browser tree navigator on the top half and Shift+Clicking "Search" can search through the opened files while Ctrl+Shift+Clicking "Search" could search through the current file's CWD without having to manually select/open the files you want to search through.

[BharathMeduri]

I hope this feature gets added , It will be really useful to search a pattern across different files as usually a pattern runs over different times in a day and gets captured in different files