I dont think it can do that, as far as I can tell...

You can save a particular string to always be there. But you can't save "<NOTHING>". As well if you set a custom to a particular search string then the other features get disabled -- which is non-optimal.

I can see where you are coming from though: You want it so if some text is selected, that text is in the find-box, otherwise the find-box should be blank.

I tried it, but still no luck. I even tried it on a blank line which had nothing to select and it still reverted to the last thing I previously searched for. I can't clear the search history either. I have tried every combination I can think of and it still insists on plugging a search string in.

Maybe I wasn't clear - I don't want the editor to reuse the previously used search string - I want the find box completely empty.

Open the Dialog [ > ]
Choose Selected Text.
Save as Default.
Close Dialog.

Any search you perform, when you re-open the dialog when text isn't selected the previous search string will be the Search string.

It doesn't work for me. I select Custom when there is nothing in the Find box, then set "Save as Default". I exit, then try Find again and yet again I get the word at the cursor. This is really puzzling and is the only thing I don't like about this editor. In decades of programming, I have NEVER wanted to search for the word at the cursor. If I could disable this permanently, I would.

COOL, thanks.

That's actually a better default (for me at least).

So many hidden things aaaaah ;)

EmEditor is as complex as Total Commander apparently...

On Version 10, this check box has been deprecated, but there are new options on the menu displayed when you click the ">" button by the Find drop-down list box (in the Find dialog box). In this menu, three options available: "Selected Text", "Word at Cursor", and "Custom". After selecting one of these, you can select "Save as Default" to save this option for the future.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Yutaka Emura
Developer of EmEditor
http://www.emeditor.com/

Doesn't exist in my version 10 either.

Neither the FindDialog, nor the Customize/Search Tab...

I don't see that check box in my copy of EmEditor (10.0.1).

I am glad you solved the problem!

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Yutaka Emura
Developer of EmEditor
http://www.emeditor.com/

No, I was not aware of its existence, or that a toggle was available. Many thanks for solving my problem so promptly.

Efficiency restored, life is back in harmony. :)