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Code editor: search and replace within selection only

Reposted as an idea to be voted for at https://answers.flexsim.com/content/idea/35075/

It would be nice if the built-in code editor supported Search and Replace within a selection only.

This is how some other code editors behave when there is an active selection.

Visual Studio 2015, select a block of code, Ctrl-H suggests to search and replace within the selection by default:

Vim, visual selection, :s starts the substitution command operating with the current selection only ('<,'>):

Atom, visual selection, Ctrl-F to search and replace, the option to search and replace only within the selection is available, but not enabled by default:

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Sam Stubbs avatar image Sam Stubbs ♦ commented ·

As Jorg stated, this would be great to post as an idea. Developers will more likely see it that way. Thanks for the suggestion!

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Serge A avatar image Serge A Sam Stubbs ♦ commented ·

@Jörg Vogel @Sam Stubbs How can this post be converted to an idea? Is there another forum section to post to?

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Joerg Vogel avatar image Joerg Vogel Serge A commented ·

saddly you have to copy and write this post new. You find a top of answers the green button create. The down arrow let you choose the type of question you are going to create. You choose "post an idea". Then you write your idea similar to a question.

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Joerg Vogel answered

And if you post this as an idea, we users can vote and perhaps we can convince the developers to implement this feature in an upcoming release.

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