Suggestion: Show content search position in preview window

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lsx
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Suggestion: Show content search position in preview window

Post by lsx »

I hope that when I use content search mode and enable the preview window, I can locate the searched content in the whole text.

Sometimes I may enter a search command like this: "ext:py path:D:/myprojects content:balabala".
This will yield many search results, but I need to open them one by one and search keywords again in the IDE to confirm the file I need, which is not friendly.
Therefore, I hope that when I use the content search mode and open the preview window, I can locate the location of the searched content in the full text, which will improve the efficiency of search.

Maybe when I add multiple "content" commend, how to display it in the preview window is a problem.
So add a search input box in the preview window maybe is a simple way.
Witch can input text to locate and highlight the searched text in the preview window.

I found that Everything v1.5 beta has added the function of search box. Integrate these two functions is a good idea?
void
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Re: Suggestion: Show content search position in preview window

Post by void »

Highlighting content search matches in the preview window is on my TODO list.

Thank you for your suggestion.
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