Whenever I ctrl+F to do a Search, sure enough, the required panel shows up but the Find button on the right is never visible. I have to stretch the window horizontally to make it accessible. Is there a way around this?
If the Lister isn't wide enough to show the entire Find panel there'll be a horizontal scroll bar you can use to access the part that's out of view.
Yes, I am aware that I can manually correct the situation. What I would like to know is, is there a way to make it so when I pop up the pane, it would show already adjusted properly, even if it widens the whole window?
You could save a layout with the Find panel open and the window sized to the correct width, and then change the Ctrl-F key to open that layout (the command to open a layout is Prefs LAYOUT <name>
).
Jon's layout suggestion (reply above mine) is the simplest way, but if you find that changes more things than you want it to, you could instead replace the Tools > Find Files menu item with this:
(It doesn't have a hotkey defined, so if you do replace the old menu item, give the replacement the Ctrl+F hotkey by editing the menu item after adding it.)
For reference, it runs this script, and you can edit the 3rd line to change the minimum width:
function OnClick(clickData)
{
var minWidth = DOpus.DPI.Scale(800);
var cmd = clickData.func.command;
var lister = cmd.sourcetab.lister;
var width = lister.right - lister.left;
if (width < minWidth && !cmd.IsSet("UTILITY=Find,Toggle"))
{
cmd.RunCommand("Set LISTERSIZE=" + minWidth + ",+0");
}
cmd.RunCommand("Set UTILITY=Find,Toggle");
}
Thanks to both of you. I have tried both and each raises a questioon.
1- Jon's option: it works but opens a new lister instread of starting the search in the folder I was already looking at. How can I make it do just that?
2- Leo's option: When the search is launched on a keyword, the search panel is closed as files are parsed.Can it be prevented and if so, how?
With these bits ironed out, both your ideas would be great
Neither solution should change how the panel behaves. Is your issue with 2 something that actually happens all the time, not just when using 2? It sounds like you just have the auto-collapse option turned on in the find panel.
Ah! I hadn't noticed that box. My bad. Option 2 now fully works for me Cheers, mate!