Search Results in Side Bar

[Neno]

Hi, when used to work on beta version, there was a search result in the side bar, and now in pro version, when try to search for something in text, it opens the box. Is there a way to activate the side bar?
Also, I would like to suggest (I suggested that already in beta version) to allow option to click on the document while “search and replace” box is active. It's very annoying to keep closing all the time just to return to the document and edit something or to see what has changed when I need to scroll a bit.

Thank you

[SuperTech]

When you will use Ctrl + F first time it will open Search in the sidebar and pressing it twice will open the search dialog box.

I have already forwarded your suggestion to our developer team.

Thanks

[Neno]

Hi, thank you for your reply, but it keeps opening the “search and replace” box at all times. With either “ctrl+f” or the search symbol on the top. No sibe bar window. (https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aj224Rsr4kY6gfoC0L9 ... A?e=qsjQNp)

Neno

[martin-k]

Is the sidebar visible before you press Ctrl+F? Ctlr+F would even open a minimized sidebar, but not a sidebar that you have completely disabled.

[Neno]

Ahaaa OK, sidebar view was turned off. Thank you

[RKanarek]

Greetings,

Yes, I know I'm about 4 months late to this party, but punctuality has never been my strong suite.

My problem is the exact opposite of the OP's, which seemed to make this the logical place to describe it.

I would like the search/replace function to appear as it always has (i.e., in a box), and NOT appear in a sidebar. Unfortunately, however, if I enable sidebars, then SMO 2021 Pro, revision S1014.0529 64bit will open a search panel sidebar regardless of how I configure SMO 2021 Pro's sidebar options. If I disable it on the right, it will open on the left, and vice versa. It's like it wants to play whac-a-mole with me, which is particularly unwise considering how stressed I am and that I have a copies of WordStar and WordPro somewhere: its position is not secure.

Has this "feature" been corrected in newer service packs (of which I currently do not have access), or will it?

Thanks in advance!

[martin-k]

Press Ctrl+F twice.

[RKanarek]

Dear Mr. Kotulla,

Thanks for taking the time to reply personally. No wonder you're a beloved software developer in the same way Bill Gates isn't.

Regarding your reply:
While hitting [Ctrl]+[F] a second time does, indeed, cause the old familiar search/replace box to appear, it does this only after the search/replace sidebar panel has already leaped into view. This means that the search/replace panel will either have replaced whichever panel that was already open (which is bad because, presumably, the open panel was open for a purpose) or it will cause a new panel to open on the opposite side of the screen (which is even worse for several reasons). Based upon my extremely limited experimentation, closing the search/replace box does not get rid of the search panel. Further, even if closing the search/replace box did also close the search/replace panel (which it doesn't), having unwanted panels open and close would hardly be desirable.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but the ability to control what panels are open, will open, and will not open seems like a swell addition for a future -- hopefully near future -- update (if only I could install them).

[SuperTech]

Thanks for your suggestion. I have forwarded this feature request to our development team.

[martin-k]

You can also press Ctrl+H, then Ctrl+Tab.