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Bug 645976 - It's not possible to search in a presentation
It's not possible to search in a presentation
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
: 671344 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-03-28 16:53 UTC by Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva
Modified: 2016-12-02 21:42 UTC
See Also:
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Description Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva 2011-03-28 16:53:07 UTC 
When I press Ctrl+F during a presentation, it shows the search box but it doesn't show the search results.
Comment 1 eclecticos 2012-01-14 21:36:16 UTC 
I confirm this bug.  It has been around for a long time.
Comment 2 Carlos Garcia Campos 2012-01-15 10:19:00 UTC 
Search is not supposed to work in presentation mode, so the find bar shoudn't be displayed.
Comment 3 Carlos Garcia Campos 2012-01-15 10:28:40 UTC 
Fixed in git master, findbar is not shown in presentation mode. Thanks for reporting.
Comment 4 eclecticos 2012-01-15 14:48:51 UTC 
Thanks.  That reduces confusion.  

But I'm not sure why search isn't supposed to work in presentation mode, since I frequently WANT to use it there.  I have two uses for presentation mode:

(1) giving an actual presentation
(2) when reading privately -- it is like a convenient zoom level that mimics print reading

In both cases, I sometimes want to jump to another part of the document or slideshow.
Comment 5 Pedro Villavicencio 2012-03-06 15:36:48 UTC 
*** Bug 671344 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 eclecticos 2012-03-06 16:09:46 UTC 
I would like to ask that this bug be reopened as a feature request:

Please MAKE search work in presentation mode, for the reasons given above,
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645976#c4 ,

and also because mode-specific restrictions should be avoided without a good reason as they are confusing and restrictive.

Should I submit it as a separate feature request?
Thanks!