[feature req] Search multifiles or path

[virtualyw]

1. search [find,replace] with multifiles or path
2. show search result in independent panel for choice

[Mitezuss]

Nice, i wanna this feature too :d

Adding a contextmenu for notepad3 with "Search" (on folder)

[RaiKoHoff]

I tried to integrate a small (yet powerful) 3rd-party tool to serve this feature request:
The tool is called "grepWin" by Stefan Küng from Switzerland:
GitHub: https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin
Website: https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html
It is started from Notepad3 by "File -> Launch -> Search in Files (Ctrl+Alt+F)".
Currently only available in the portable (New Feature (NF)) version.
Notepad3 starts the tool pre-configured for plain (not RegEx) file content search.
Search root-path is taken from current file, Search Pattern is current selection.
Double click on found files starts Notepad3 with this file, jumping to corresponding line number.

Upd:
Feel free to test the NF version "Notepad3Portable_5.20.319.1_NF.paf.exe.7z" or higher.
See "Notepad3 BETA-channel access #1129" or here Notepad3Portable_5.20.319.1_NF.paf.exe.7z.7z

Note: "Notepad3Portable NF" can be used in "2 flavors", see with or without extension ".7z".

Your comments and suggestions are welcome... 😃

[hpwamr]

Hello @RaiKoHoff ,
It's really a Powerful and Fast Search Tool in files. 👍

[RaiKoHoff]

@hpwamr : Needs definitely more testing and I am not sure about the redistribution conditions with it's GPL v3.0 license (currently I provide the corresponding source code zip too), maybe @rizonesoft knows more about this.
A setup/installer version has to consider: Notepad3 writes the path to itself into the grepwin.ini file of the portable version of this tool, so it has to be deployed to a place, were Notepad3 can write (User's Apps Data, Installation for all Users ???)...

[leeoniya]

another [more labor-intensive option] would be to make a UI over https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep is is dual-licensed under the Unlicense and MIT licenses:

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT

[RaiKoHoff]

@leeoniya : Thank you for the hint. Still have no time to make an own UI to wrap this powerful tool 😞

[RaiKoHoff]

The following Notepad3 is a "Xperimental" version and deploys a customized (and optimized (async)) version (grepWinNP3) of Stefan Küng's "grepWin".
GitHub: https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin
Website: https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html

Feel free to test this version "Notepad3Portable_5.20.401.2_NF.paf.exe.7z" or higher.
See "Notepad3 BETA-channel access #1129" or here Notepad3Portable_5.20.401.2_NF.paf.exe.7z.7z

Note: "Notepad3Portable NF" can be used in "2 flavors", see with or without extension ".7z".

Your comments and suggestions are welcome... 😃

[virtualyw]

Thank you @RaiKoHoff
Search is usefull with grepWinNP3.

By the way, Ctrl+Shift+F may be better then Ctrl+Alt+F like other editors or IDE, VS、VSCode、notepad++, etc.

[RaiKoHoff]

Ctrl+Shift+F is currently associated with "Toggle Folds" - but lets discuss to exchange this with "Open Grepwin" (Ctrl+Alt+F), since this is more common with other editors ?

[hpwamr]

Ctrl+Shift+F is currently associated with "Toggle Folds" - but lets discuss to exchange this with "Open Grepwin" (Ctrl+Alt+F), since this is more common with other editors ?

I have no objection ? 🤔

[hpwamr]

Hello @RaiKoHoff ,

A quick search in other text editors validates the request of @virtualyw . 👍

So, I recommend switching between Ctrl+Shift+F and Ctrl+Alt+F too. 🤔