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Make Search Pane behave like Bookmarks, Pages, Comments Tabs

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Hi forum & Tracker team,

just on a quick note: I think it would be great if the search pane (Search tab) could be simply made to behave exactly like the Bookmarks, Pages, Comments etc. tabs. In other words, it should be possible to move, dock, combine... etc. the Search tab exactly like the other tabs (Bookmarks, Pages, Comments, Layers...):

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This would be helpful in order to arrange every part/pane of PDF-XChange Viewer just as needed, especially (but not only) on multiple monitor systems.

And while we are looking at the (already fantastic) search pane, one more thing that would be a KILLER feature: the option for highlighting of ALL occurrences of the current search term in the document (not just the single highlight that currently has the focus in the search pane, as it is the case currently).

One more idea on top of this: I believe it were a "KILLER²" if it would be possible to a) first search for a FIRST search term and highlight ALL its occurrences in the document with (say) green, then keep those green highlights, b) search for ANOTHER search term, and highlight ALL of those occurrences in the document with (say) blue (and so on)...

In the end, all those (temporary) search highlights could be either deleted, or flattened down into permanent highlights.... 8)

ANYWAY: please let me say once more that PDF-XChange Viewer is already one of the TRULY greatest and most user friendly softwares OF ALL TIMES.

Keep up the great work,
Cheers David.P
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Re: Make Search Pane behave like Bookmarks, Pages, Comments Tabs

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Hi, David.
I think it would be great if the search pane (Search tab) could be simply made to behave exactly like the Bookmarks, Pages, Comments etc. tabs. In other words, it should be possible to move, dock, combine... etc. the Search tab exactly like the other tabs (Bookmarks, Pages, Comments, Layers...):
In the version V3 you will be able to customize UI more fully... Also look here: https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/ ... 35&t=10100
the option for highlighting of ALL occurrences of the current search term in the document (not just the single highlight that currently has the focus in the search pane, as it is the case currently).
We will add this feature into V3. Thanks.
a) first search for a FIRST search term and highlight ALL its occurrences in the document with (say) green, then keep those green highlights, b) search for ANOTHER search term, and highlight ALL of those occurrences in the document with (say) blue (and so on)... In the end, all those (temporary) highlights could be either deleted, or flattened down into permanent highlights....
Interesting idea, thanks, we will think on it... "Create highlight-comments for highlighted text", "Create flatten highlight-comments for highlighted text" - features may be useful also..

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Re: Make Search Pane behave like Bookmarks, Pages, Comments Tabs

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Hello Again David,

This topic as containing different suggestions receives a separate ticket:
#996: Viewer V3: Search pane improvement suggestions
And it will also be followed and implemented as time allows in ver3 of our Viewer.

Best,
Stefan
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Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team wrote:In the version V3 you will be able to customize UI more fully...
Vasyl-Tracker Dev Team wrote:We will add this feature into V3.
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:lol:
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