[Issue 13630] IDLE: Find(ed) text is not highlighted while dialog box is open

[fgracia]

BPO	21450
Nosy	@terryjreedy
Superseder	bpo-13630: IDLE: Find(ed) text is not highlighted while dialog box is open

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assignee = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'
closed_at = <Date 2014-05-07.14:42:32.391>
created_at = <Date 2014-05-07.14:36:07.658>
labels = ['expert-IDLE']
title = '[Issue 13630] IDLE: Find(ed) text is not highlighted while dialog box is open'
updated_at = <Date 2019-03-23.20:09:15.363>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/fgracia'

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[fgracia]

I was delighted with the behaviour of IDLE in version 3.4 until I noticed
the problem of the matches with the non highlighted background in the
modified (and in this sense improved) iterative text search operations. I
was wondering how could this be possible at all in the present luxuriant
stage of Python's evolution when now I see that this is a very old and
probably cronic problem! What a pity!

I have tried to test your *SearchBar* extension, Tal, but, after following
the installation instructions of the *README* file, no bar appears at all
in the editor window as well in version 3.3 as in 3.4 (WIndows7). As the
process is not that difficult, I think that I am performing it correctly.
Any idea of what can be wrong in spite of it?

Thanks.