Search within editor

[tonythere]

Hello all, could anyone tell me how to search a term in the note editor? I tried Command + F and lookup in menus either but no luck.

Thank you.

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[RyanGreenup]

The only way that I was able to make it work is if you change the keymap and use the Vim search.

1. Go to settings Ctrl + ,
2. Select Editor from the left side then scroll down to the 5th entry 'Editor Keymap'
3. Select Vim
4. Now inside the note if you press / followed by a search term and then Enter it will search for that term and you can cycle between the results with n.
   • This isn't ideal though because the search term won't be displayed anywhere, so this is a work around at best.

This would be far less of an issue if there was an implemented method to use an external editor as there is in Joplin or Notable.

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[tobifasc]

Should we still use CodeMirror's built in search addon? It provides all the basic functionality as described here and could be activated in 5 minutes but it lead to some issues in old BoostNote (e.g. BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy#856, BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy#1400, BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy#1813, BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy#2116, BoostIO/BoostNote-Legacy#3205) which mostly arised because its functionality was not well documented and some minor usability improvements/tweaks were requested.

We could create our own search addon (just like someone did here (i haven't tested this - it's not maintained)) but that would take longer to implement.

A find/replace-widget i personally really like is the one in Monaco Editor. Is the discussion in #69 still ongoing? If yes and we switch to Monaco we could close this issue. If not we could at least take a look at their design decisions.

[SannePetersNL]

Also looking for a fix, this is the main reason why I can't use boost note as my default note taking app.

[Ckbhatia]

@Flexo013 Please add the platform label, such as the android, web, etc. So, Interested developers can work accordingly.

[Flexo013]

@Ckbhatia This issue doesn't necessarily pertain a specific platform (since you can hook up keyboards to phones as well).

[Ckbhatia]

@Flexo013 I know that. But, android developer isn't going to develop this feature for web app.

So, how do you manage that?

[Flexo013]

We have the labels set up such that if there is no specific platform tag present then the issue pertains to a general development.

[lotdrops]

A fix on this would be awesome, it is my main pain point with Boostnote

[Flexo013]

@SannePetersNL @lotdrops Make sure to give a 👍 to issues you would like to see fixed or features you would like to see added. That will help with gauging how popular certain features are and what should be prioritized.

[Komediruzecki]

Merged and waiting for release.