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Highlight similar instances of a selected word fails when scrolling
- 10 months ago
I think I figured out the bug and how the problem is created and what I need to do to prevent it. It still exists and should be fixed in the software though.
For this example, I will pretend that the words that I am double clicking on and using the Find feature for are "TEST1", "TEST2", etc.
When I double left click on "TEST1", all the matching words in the file are highlighted, this is good and what should happen. Then I scroll and I can see all the highlighted "TEST1" words. If I then left click off of "TEST1", the words become not highlighted. This is expected as well.
Now, if I double left click on "TEST1" and then press ctrl+F (for a Find), the 'Find' box opens and "TEST1" is listed in the 'Find What' box and I can click the 'Find Next' box to go to each of the locations within the file that "TEST1" is found. This is expected as well.
Now at this point, I simply 'x' out or close the Find Box since I was done with searching for "TEST1". Now the "TEST1" word becomes not highlighted.
Here is the bug, If I then double left click on "TEST2", those words become highlighted, but when I go to scroll with the mouse, the highlighting of "TEST2" stops being highlighted and "TEST1" becomes highlighted instead.
If I double left click again on the "TEST1" word and open the back up the 'Find' box and then delete the word "TEST1" from the 'Find What' box, and THEN close the 'Find' box, the functionality for double left clicking on a word and scrolling is restored.
Long story short, if you leave a word in the 'Find What' box when you 'x' out or close the 'Find' box, the software remembers that word and it messes up all subsequent left double click and highlighting of words until the 'Find' box is reopened, the word is deleted, and the 'Find' box closed.
I am on Windows 11.
I think I figured out the bug and how the problem is created and what I need to do to prevent it. It still exists and should be fixed in the software though.
For this example, I will pretend that the words that I am double clicking on and using the Find feature for are "TEST1", "TEST2", etc.
When I double left click on "TEST1", all the matching words in the file are highlighted, this is good and what should happen. Then I scroll and I can see all the highlighted "TEST1" words. If I then left click off of "TEST1", the words become not highlighted. This is expected as well.
Now, if I double left click on "TEST1" and then press ctrl+F (for a Find), the 'Find' box opens and "TEST1" is listed in the 'Find What' box and I can click the 'Find Next' box to go to each of the locations within the file that "TEST1" is found. This is expected as well.
Now at this point, I simply 'x' out or close the Find Box since I was done with searching for "TEST1". Now the "TEST1" word becomes not highlighted.
Here is the bug, If I then double left click on "TEST2", those words become highlighted, but when I go to scroll with the mouse, the highlighting of "TEST2" stops being highlighted and "TEST1" becomes highlighted instead.
If I double left click again on the "TEST1" word and open the back up the 'Find' box and then delete the word "TEST1" from the 'Find What' box, and THEN close the 'Find' box, the functionality for double left clicking on a word and scrolling is restored.
Long story short, if you leave a word in the 'Find What' box when you 'x' out or close the 'Find' box, the software remembers that word and it messes up all subsequent left double click and highlighting of words until the 'Find' box is reopened, the word is deleted, and the 'Find' box closed.
- sstrell10 months ago
Super Contributor
I feel like I've seen this errant behavior in previous versions of the software, but I could be wrong.
- RichardT_altera10 months ago
Super Contributor
I was able to successfully reproduce the issue. It occurs whenever the 'Find' window is opened/used.
As you mentioned, clearing the text or replacing it with your desired search term in the 'Find What' box resolves the issue.
Thanks for the feedback — I’ll ask the tool specialist to look into this.
Regards,
Richard Tan- MADesigner10 months ago
Occasional Contributor
I would note that after using the 'Find' window and you close it, the issue still happens unless you delete the search term before closing it.
- MADesigner7 months ago
Occasional Contributor
I would also add (just noticed this today) that if you leave a word in the find box and close it, there is another interesting and problematic bug. If you go to click-hold and scroll so as to highlight a larger amount of text (maybe that you plan on deleting or copying), then shortly after a couple scrolls, all the text above the cursor highlights. Often times without you even noticing depending on how fast you scroll. So be aware that if you press delete, it then deletes everything in the file from above where you started highlighting too!