Re: [WDSCI-L] How do you stop the automatic "Find Again" on CTRL+F

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the seu profile, Ctrl-F and Shift-F2 (same as F14 in 5250 session) are 
supposed to be linked to the find key action, which, by the documentation, 
is supposed to "move the cursor from the text area to the find line". This 
is the behavior of F14 in PDM, where it lets you set up the find string, 
e.g. Shift-F4 (F16 equivalent) is linked to FindNext, which is defined as 
"if the text stored in the findText.findText parameter is not a null 
string, the findNext action will move the cursor to the next visible 
instance of the text stored...". This is the same behavior as SEU, where 
the last search string will be located, if it exists farther down than your 
cursor.

It seems that the "find" action actually performs the "findNext" action, 
which does not seem right. There does not seem to be another choice to 
limit the behavior, as it is supposedly set to that minimum effect now.

Vern

At 11:35 AM 1/16/2004 -0330, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In WDSCi 5.1.0.1 when I edit an RPGLE member in LPEX editor 1.4.3 when
> press CTRL+F to find, it searches for the last string I searched for
> without offering me the opportunity to change it.  If the previous string
> was found, I am repositioned to a different location in my source member
> which can be very annoying.  CTRL+F should really only pop up the find
> box, but not do the same action as the Find Next (shift+F4).
>
> >From here I am forced to  use the editor command / to search which is
> cumbersome, especially for subsequent searches (I have to press up arrow,
> then enter).
>
> This may seem trivial but being a developer myself, it is somewhat
> confusing as to why there needs to be two methods of finding text in the
> member, and I know that our other developers will have issues with this
> because they lose their place in the code even before they have a chance
> to search.
>
> Is there a way to tell the CTRL+F command not to search right away.  If I
> want to repeat a find, I will simply press Shift+F4.
>
> Thanks,
> Dean