Replacement-Preview always on?

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Axel
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Replacement-Preview always on?

Post by Axel »

Hi,

Using TextCrawler 3.0.3.

Is there a way to have the preview of _replacement_ always set to on (instead of having the preview of _matched_ string set to on)?

I have a lot of files where I want to replace changed paths. I want to check the new, replaced path-strings only. Everytime I select a new file in the window where the matching files are listed, preview jumps back from "preview replacement" to "preview match".

Maybe, there is a work-around?

Thank you in advance!
Axel
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DigitalVolcano
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Re: Replacement-Preview always on?

Post by DigitalVolcano »

Not currently - but I'll add this as a suggestion for the next update.

There is a hacky way of viewing all the replacement previews together-

Turn on View->Preview all matches together
Make sure 'Display number of replacements / confirm' is turned on in the Options screen).
Click the Replace button
Click 'No' to the 'Perform operation?' dialog.

You can now scroll and view all the replace previews. Clicking on a file will jump to that preview.

Hope this helps!
Axel
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Re: Replacement-Preview always on?

Post by Axel »

Indeed, this works. Thank you for your help! -- And thanks for putting a button for this on the whishlist.

Axel
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