GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 611534
"Find" and "Replace" functions should merge
Last modified: 2014-07-07 10:36:29 UTC
From Ubuntu Karmic tonywang86 reports: It would be better to merge the "Find" and "Replace" functions. The "Replace" dialog already contains the find function, and "Find" is redundant. When press Ctrl+F, the "Find & Replace" dialog should appear. This is more consistent with other text editors (e.g. openoffice word, spreadsheet, MS office word). Just a suggestion. Gedit is a great editor. Thanks to developers! Thanks!
The "find" entry is a search-as-you-type, or incremental search, while the search and replace applies the search only when you click on a button. If you don't like the "find" with Ctrl+F, you can anyway always use the search and replace with Ctrl+H.