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Bug 745355 - Ctrl+G should go to given line number instead of finding next instance of string
Ctrl+G should go to given line number instead of finding next instance of string
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: meld
Classification: Other
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: meld-maint
meld-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-03-01 08:01 UTC by julien hardelin
Modified: 2017-12-13 19:11 UTC
See Also:
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Description julien hardelin 2015-03-01 08:01:34 UTC 
I like meld because it is the only file comparator I know that allows file editing.
Unfortunately, there is no mean to go directly to a given line.

In Meld, Ctrl+F finds a string, Ctrl+G finds the next instance of the string.
Usually, in all editors, Ctrl+G goes to the given line. Ctrl+F finds the string and F3 finds the next instance of the string.
Could we have the same in meld?
Comment 1 Kai Willadsen 2015-03-06 21:02:23 UTC 
Sorry, but this isn't the case (at least) for GNOME/GTK+ applications, which have used Ctrl+G as Find Next for... a very long time.

I'd be okay with adding F3 as an alternative keybinding for Find Next, since that's easy and won't hurt anything. If we do that, then Shift+F3 for Find Previous should also happen.

Meld currently doesn't have a "Go to line" action at all, but should be trivial to add. GEdit uses Ctrl+I for that action, so I think we'd just copy that.
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2017-12-13 19:11:05 UTC 
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