[Patrick C]

Issue
Select one character (selection size 1).
Find the same character within the selection.

Effect
✔ Works when using the find dialogue.
✘ Fails when using document.selection.Find(…, eeFindNext | eeFindReplaceSelOnly);

Example

Increasing the selection’s size to 2 or more works in both cases.

Code for testing:
Example code requiring manually selecting d
Longer example code automatically selecting d

[Patrick C]

I spent a bit more time on this and it seems that Find in the Selection Only has some additional quirks.

1) EmEditor doesn’t update the search range when selecting a new one.
2) EmEditor collapses the selection when it contains only one character (found or not).

In the following examples the macro code is:

nFound = document.selection.Find("d", eeFindNext | eeFindReplaceSelOnly);
status = "nFound = " + nFound;

And the find dialogue settings are:

Example 1: EmEditor search range.
In the following example EmEditor incorrectly uses the previous search range when searching in a new search range.
1) Restart EmEditor
2) Select the left abcd.

3) Find d in the selection (dialogue or macro). → Selects the left d ✔

4) Select the right abcd.

5) Find d in the selection (dialogue or macro). → Selects the left d 🤔

→ EmEditor used the previous search range rather than the current one.

Example 2: EmEditor one character selection collapse.
1) Restart EmEditor
2) Select one character, e.g. d

3) Find d in the selection → the selection collapses 🤔 (inconsistent with point 5 below).

4) Restart EmEditor
5) Select two characters, e.g. cd

6) Find d in the selection → the selection does not collapse (my preferred behaviour).

Btw: When selecting cd and searching for cd, the selection also doesn’t collapse, which is the expected (and in my case preferred) behaviour.

[Yutaka Emura]

The dialog box includes a Count Matches option. To achieve the same result in your macro, make sure to include the eeFindCount flag.
Using the macro below will give you the same outcome:

nFound = document.selection.Find("d", eeFindNext | eeFindReplaceSelOnly | eeFindCount);

[Patrick C]

Ah 😀 💡, thanks for pointing this out! And sorry, I should have noticed myself.
This basically means that finding in a one character selection fails with both the search dialogue and the macro:

[Yutaka Emura]

This basically means that finding in a one character selection fails with both the search dialogue and the macro:

That’s because the selection exactly matches the search string. In this case, the command tries to find the next occurrence, but since there isn’t one, the search fails.

[Patrick C]

Now I get it, and the behaviour is consistent.
When, for example, selecting «cde» and searching for «cde» in the selection, the search also fails.
Thank you for clarifying 😃.
I’ve just purchased an annual subscription. While I’ve been on a lifetime licence since 2015, I thought it was time to say thank you for 10 years of support.

[Yutaka Emura]

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