Title: More efficient search
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# More efficient search

 *  Resolved [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-efficient-search/)
 * Could we have a search box in WPide that’s always visible? The gray bar between
   the file tabs and the editor would be a suitable area. The current search implementation
   is one of the two worst efficiency-hinderers for me in addition to [files and folders not being listed alphabetically](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-files-and-folders-alphabetically).
 * The list of search issues that I’d like to see fixed, most of these benefiting
   from an always-open (at least until specifically closed by user) search bar/box:
    1. Currently I can see the search only if I press Ctrl-F. When I do so, a popup
       opens, but the focus of Firefox goes to its own search bar that opens at the
       bottom of the screen. That search bar can, for some reason, only search the 
       part of WPide editor that is visible at the screen, not the parts where you’d
       have to scroll to see them. I have to always click the search box with mouse
       after pressing Ctrl-F to be able to search for anything outside the current 
       view. Having a search bar on the page rather than in a popup provides consistency,
       as I can just click it once in the same place. There could even be a keyboard
       shortcut like Alt-Shift-F, as this WordPress forum textbox has, done with HTML
       _accesskey_ attributes.
    2. The search box doesn’t remember what was searched for last. It does, however,
       take the current selection, which has been used in an attempt to mimic the remembering
       of the last search result. However, if I search for something, click somewhere
       deselecting the search result and then open a new search box with Ctrl-F, it
       doesn’t remember what was the last thing being searched.
    3. Search should have Next and Previous buttons, allowing for scrolling through
       the results, back-and-forth when needed. Every program I remember using implements
       at least the Next button (like [Notepad++](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)), 
       and those with better search functionality implement both (like [Firefox](http://firefox.com/)).
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 *  [WPsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsites/)
 * (@wpsites)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-efficient-search/#post-3943666)
 * All very valid and things I also see as priorities.
 * I’m going to try and fix some stuff tonight!
 *  [WPsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsites/)
 * (@wpsites)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-efficient-search/#post-3943669)
 * I’ve updated to ace 1.1.1 and there is a much better search panel! It’s not there
   ALL the time but if you press ctrl+f or cmd+f it will show until you remove it
   and you can press an arrow to move to the next result. It also accepts a regular
   expression for search.
 *  [WPsites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsites/)
 * (@wpsites)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-efficient-search/#post-3943674)
 * UPdate: I’ve been using the new search today in the most recent release of WPide
   and I can confirm it’s a million times better and now a pleasure to use.
 *  Thread Starter [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-efficient-search/#post-3943675)
 * Nice!

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 * Status: resolved