is there a way to get the "find" function in TW desktop version?
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Dave
Jan 14, 2018, 1:02:36 AM1/14/18
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is there a way to get the "find" function in TW desktop version?
I've made the switch to TW desktop, but I find I miss having the browser function of "ctrl-f" to find words on the screen if I have a lot of text going on. Is there a way to get this function? I know the normal "Search" will find the tiddler, but it doesn't show it on the screen where the exact word is.
Thanks,
Dave
I've made the switch to TW desktop, but I find I miss having the browser function of "ctrl-f" to find words on the screen if I have a lot of text going on. Is there a way to get this function? I know the normal "Search" will find the tiddler, but it doesn't show it on the screen where the exact word is.
Thanks,
Dave
Michael Herrmann
Jan 15, 2018, 4:09:56 PM1/15/18
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Oh yeeeees. I am missing that one also (not every Tiddler is short)
coda coder
Jan 15, 2018, 5:12:56 PM1/15/18
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Short answer: No.
Long answer: Extremely unlikely. It would need to be coded in javascript and that's a lengthy task for such tiny reward (the praise of one or two people who need it). And exactly where would Jeremy et al stop? Bookmarks/Favorites? All the other bits and pieces your browser manufacturer supplies hoping to reel you in?
It's just not worth it, IMO, probably in Jeremy's opinion, too.
Lack of Ctrl-F/Find is the TW-Desktop killer, for me personally. If you want I nice system to package up your wikis and view them, TW-D is fine. When I want to do any serious work, it falls short due to the lack of those browser-niceties I rely on.
Long answer: Extremely unlikely. It would need to be coded in javascript and that's a lengthy task for such tiny reward (the praise of one or two people who need it). And exactly where would Jeremy et al stop? Bookmarks/Favorites? All the other bits and pieces your browser manufacturer supplies hoping to reel you in?
It's just not worth it, IMO, probably in Jeremy's opinion, too.
Lack of Ctrl-F/Find is the TW-Desktop killer, for me personally. If you want I nice system to package up your wikis and view them, TW-D is fine. When I want to do any serious work, it falls short due to the lack of those browser-niceties I rely on.
TonyM
Jan 15, 2018, 7:05:43 PM1/15/18
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If the answer realy is no, I'm supprised as I expected this would be common in other implementations of the same browser Engin.
Once TiddlyDesktop can be configured to host wikis like TiddlyServer does you can use any browser and its find features.
Regards
Tony
coda coder
Jan 15, 2018, 10:57:39 PM1/15/18
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On Monday, January 15, 2018 at 6:05:43 PM UTC-6, TonyM wrote:
If the answer realy is no, I'm supprised as I expected this would be common in other implementations of the same browser Engin.
That's the thing, Tony. NW.js uses Chromium (not Chrome) which is just the engine -- it understands HTML, javascript, css... but very little else. All the other stuff (address bar, menus, bookmarks) they all come from Chrome -- the "outer shell". So if one wants all that, someone has to write it, add it to the engine, support it, maintain it... get the picture? countless man-hours of work.
Aint gonna happen, not in this universe. ;)
TonyM
Jan 15, 2018, 11:12:25 PM1/15/18
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Coda,
Sure I cant do it, and I do not expect anyone to do it, my point is many may have done it for chromium implementations, so the method and code should be out there.
All Good and understood.
Tony
BurningTreeC
Jan 16, 2018, 12:08:45 AM1/16/18
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Hi @Dave,
I've found this on the nw.js github page: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/issues/3283
It's about the missing ctrl+f search function
Maybe we could raise an issue on github and comment all together to get some attention... ?
cheers,
Simon
Am Sonntag, 14. Januar 2018 07:02:36 UTC+1 schrieb Dave:
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