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When I paste this into Notepad on Windows 10:
"first_name"=>"M", "surname"=>"C", "country"=>"Australia"
and then try to find the string "name" with Ctrl+F, it comes up blank:
Is Notepad's "Find" function completely useless or am I missing something?
windows search notepad
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When I paste this into Notepad on Windows 10:
"first_name"=>"M", "surname"=>"C", "country"=>"Australia"
and then try to find the string "name" with Ctrl+F, it comes up blank:
Is Notepad's "Find" function completely useless or am I missing something?
windows search notepad
edited 14 mins ago
phuclv
7,56243184
asked 15 hours ago
MSC
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Is Notepad [...] completely uselessYes
– tkausl
6 hours ago
1
I advise Wordpad instead. Not sure if it's part of Base Windows though.
– Malandy
4 hours ago
1
@Malandy +1 to Wordpad for being better than Notepad. If by "base Windows" you mean it is installed automatically, then yes, it comes with base Windows.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
@MindS1 - Yeah, that's what I meant. What would you recommend instead?
– Malandy
1 hour ago
2
@Malandy as far as built-in Windows utilities go, Wordpad is the best you can get. The best alternatives are Notepad++ for general use, Sublime Text if you're a programmer, or VIM if you're a baller power user.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
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up vote
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up vote
10
down vote
favorite
When I paste this into Notepad on Windows 10:
"first_name"=>"M", "surname"=>"C", "country"=>"Australia"
and then try to find the string "name" with Ctrl+F, it comes up blank:
Is Notepad's "Find" function completely useless or am I missing something?
windows search notepad
edited 14 mins ago
phuclv
7,56243184
asked 15 hours ago
MSC
1556
When I paste this into Notepad on Windows 10:
"first_name"=>"M", "surname"=>"C", "country"=>"Australia"
and then try to find the string "name" with Ctrl+F, it comes up blank:
Is Notepad's "Find" function completely useless or am I missing something?
windows search notepad
windows search notepad
edited 14 mins ago
phuclv
7,56243184
asked 15 hours ago
MSC
1556
edited 14 mins ago
phuclv
7,56243184
asked 15 hours ago
MSC
1556
edited 14 mins ago
phuclv
7,56243184
edited 14 mins ago
phuclv
7,56243184
edited 14 mins ago
phuclv
7,56243184
7,56243184
asked 15 hours ago
MSC
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asked 15 hours ago
MSC
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asked 15 hours ago
MSC
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Is Notepad [...] completely uselessYes
– tkausl
6 hours ago
1
I advise Wordpad instead. Not sure if it's part of Base Windows though.
– Malandy
4 hours ago
1
@Malandy +1 to Wordpad for being better than Notepad. If by "base Windows" you mean it is installed automatically, then yes, it comes with base Windows.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
@MindS1 - Yeah, that's what I meant. What would you recommend instead?
– Malandy
1 hour ago
2
@Malandy as far as built-in Windows utilities go, Wordpad is the best you can get. The best alternatives are Notepad++ for general use, Sublime Text if you're a programmer, or VIM if you're a baller power user.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
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Is Notepad [...] completely uselessYes
– tkausl
6 hours ago
1
I advise Wordpad instead. Not sure if it's part of Base Windows though.
– Malandy
4 hours ago
1
@Malandy +1 to Wordpad for being better than Notepad. If by "base Windows" you mean it is installed automatically, then yes, it comes with base Windows.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
@MindS1 - Yeah, that's what I meant. What would you recommend instead?
– Malandy
1 hour ago
2
@Malandy as far as built-in Windows utilities go, Wordpad is the best you can get. The best alternatives are Notepad++ for general use, Sublime Text if you're a programmer, or VIM if you're a baller power user.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
15
15
Is Notepad [...] completely useless Yes– tkausl
6 hours ago
Is Notepad [...] completely useless Yes– tkausl
6 hours ago
1
1
I advise Wordpad instead. Not sure if it's part of Base Windows though.
– Malandy
4 hours ago
I advise Wordpad instead. Not sure if it's part of Base Windows though.
– Malandy
4 hours ago
1
1
@Malandy +1 to Wordpad for being better than Notepad. If by "base Windows" you mean it is installed automatically, then yes, it comes with base Windows.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
@Malandy +1 to Wordpad for being better than Notepad. If by "base Windows" you mean it is installed automatically, then yes, it comes with base Windows.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
@MindS1 - Yeah, that's what I meant. What would you recommend instead?
– Malandy
1 hour ago
@MindS1 - Yeah, that's what I meant. What would you recommend instead?
– Malandy
1 hour ago
2
2
@Malandy as far as built-in Windows utilities go, Wordpad is the best you can get. The best alternatives are Notepad++ for general use, Sublime Text if you're a programmer, or VIM if you're a baller power user.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
@Malandy as far as built-in Windows utilities go, Wordpad is the best you can get. The best alternatives are Notepad++ for general use, Sublime Text if you're a programmer, or VIM if you're a baller power user.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
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The Find function starts where you placed your cursor. Since you pasted into Notepad, the cursor is likely at the end of the document.
You can either
- move the cursor to the beginning of the document
- switch the Find direction from Down to Up
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
11
Hint: To move the caret to the start of the file, press Ctrl+Home. (Also, a bit of nitpicking: in Windows, you typically use "cursor" for the mouse pointer thing and "caret" for the text input thing.)
– Andreas Rejbrand
8 hours ago
8
@AndreasRejbrand only you use that probably, I've never heard anyone actually say caret... or maybe we're both showing our age!
– LocustHorde
6 hours ago
1
Caret is correct, but it's a bit like talking about Kibibytes. It causes more confusion than benefit in most cases.
– allo
4 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
24
down vote
Notepad doesn't support wrap-around search. If you select search direction as Down then it only searches from the cursor onward. Similarly Up will only search backward. The workaround is already mentioned in Worthwelle's answer
However since build 17666 Notepad will be able to do wrap-around search and you don't need to mess with that Up/Down options. That'll likely enter the main branch on Windows 10 version 1809
Wrap-around find/replace: We’ve made significant improvement to the find/replace experience in Notepad. We added the option to do wrap-around find/replace to the find dialog and Notepad will now remember previously entered values and the state of checkboxes and automatically populate them the next time you open the find dialog. Additionally, when you have text selected and open the find dialog we will automatically populate the search field with the selected text.
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
2
:o they're making notepad useful? What next - hex editor? regex? Why not just toss it out and put VSCode in instead.. :)
– Caius Jard
3 hours ago
1
@CaiusJard: Same reason why ed, not emacs, is the standard Unix text editor. >_>
– grawity
3 hours ago
Thanks. Something to look forward to.
– MSC
3 hours ago
@CaiusJard why would anyone who doesn't do coding need VS code? At least MS made Notepad understand *nix line endings for WSL to work, and while taking the chance to fix that why don't just do other improvements as well?
– phuclv
7 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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5
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Notepad's "find" feature searches either forward or backwards using the cursor's current position as a reference point.
You can see the radio buttons "Up" and "Down" for search direction. "Down" searches for the next match after the cursor, and "Up" searches for the previous match before the cursor. As you search, it moves the cursor around so that it doesn't find the same text over and over again.
The search doesn't wrap around when you hit the end of a document (unlike many other text editing programs).
You can either move the cursor to the beginning of the document, or you can change the radio button to "Up" to search in reverse.
answered 15 hours ago
AberrantWolf
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
32
down vote
accepted
The Find function starts where you placed your cursor. Since you pasted into Notepad, the cursor is likely at the end of the document.
You can either
- move the cursor to the beginning of the document
- switch the Find direction from Down to Up
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
11
Hint: To move the caret to the start of the file, press Ctrl+Home. (Also, a bit of nitpicking: in Windows, you typically use "cursor" for the mouse pointer thing and "caret" for the text input thing.)
– Andreas Rejbrand
8 hours ago
8
@AndreasRejbrand only you use that probably, I've never heard anyone actually say caret... or maybe we're both showing our age!
– LocustHorde
6 hours ago
1
Caret is correct, but it's a bit like talking about Kibibytes. It causes more confusion than benefit in most cases.
– allo
4 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
32
down vote
accepted
The Find function starts where you placed your cursor. Since you pasted into Notepad, the cursor is likely at the end of the document.
You can either
- move the cursor to the beginning of the document
- switch the Find direction from Down to Up
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
11
Hint: To move the caret to the start of the file, press Ctrl+Home. (Also, a bit of nitpicking: in Windows, you typically use "cursor" for the mouse pointer thing and "caret" for the text input thing.)
– Andreas Rejbrand
8 hours ago
8
@AndreasRejbrand only you use that probably, I've never heard anyone actually say caret... or maybe we're both showing our age!
– LocustHorde
6 hours ago
1
Caret is correct, but it's a bit like talking about Kibibytes. It causes more confusion than benefit in most cases.
– allo
4 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
32
down vote
accepted
up vote
32
down vote
accepted
The Find function starts where you placed your cursor. Since you pasted into Notepad, the cursor is likely at the end of the document.
You can either
- move the cursor to the beginning of the document
- switch the Find direction from Down to Up
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
The Find function starts where you placed your cursor. Since you pasted into Notepad, the cursor is likely at the end of the document.
You can either
- move the cursor to the beginning of the document
- switch the Find direction from Down to Up
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
edited 13 hours ago
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
answered 15 hours ago
Worthwelle
949317
949317
11
Hint: To move the caret to the start of the file, press Ctrl+Home. (Also, a bit of nitpicking: in Windows, you typically use "cursor" for the mouse pointer thing and "caret" for the text input thing.)
– Andreas Rejbrand
8 hours ago
8
@AndreasRejbrand only you use that probably, I've never heard anyone actually say caret... or maybe we're both showing our age!
– LocustHorde
6 hours ago
1
Caret is correct, but it's a bit like talking about Kibibytes. It causes more confusion than benefit in most cases.
– allo
4 hours ago
add a comment |Â
11
Hint: To move the caret to the start of the file, press Ctrl+Home. (Also, a bit of nitpicking: in Windows, you typically use "cursor" for the mouse pointer thing and "caret" for the text input thing.)
– Andreas Rejbrand
8 hours ago
8
@AndreasRejbrand only you use that probably, I've never heard anyone actually say caret... or maybe we're both showing our age!
– LocustHorde
6 hours ago
1
Caret is correct, but it's a bit like talking about Kibibytes. It causes more confusion than benefit in most cases.
– allo
4 hours ago
11
11
Hint: To move the caret to the start of the file, press Ctrl+Home. (Also, a bit of nitpicking: in Windows, you typically use "cursor" for the mouse pointer thing and "caret" for the text input thing.)
– Andreas Rejbrand
8 hours ago
Hint: To move the caret to the start of the file, press Ctrl+Home. (Also, a bit of nitpicking: in Windows, you typically use "cursor" for the mouse pointer thing and "caret" for the text input thing.)
– Andreas Rejbrand
8 hours ago
8
8
@AndreasRejbrand only you use that probably, I've never heard anyone actually say caret... or maybe we're both showing our age!
– LocustHorde
6 hours ago
@AndreasRejbrand only you use that probably, I've never heard anyone actually say caret... or maybe we're both showing our age!
– LocustHorde
6 hours ago
1
1
Caret is correct, but it's a bit like talking about Kibibytes. It causes more confusion than benefit in most cases.
– allo
4 hours ago
Caret is correct, but it's a bit like talking about Kibibytes. It causes more confusion than benefit in most cases.
– allo
4 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
24
down vote
Notepad doesn't support wrap-around search. If you select search direction as Down then it only searches from the cursor onward. Similarly Up will only search backward. The workaround is already mentioned in Worthwelle's answer
However since build 17666 Notepad will be able to do wrap-around search and you don't need to mess with that Up/Down options. That'll likely enter the main branch on Windows 10 version 1809
Wrap-around find/replace: We’ve made significant improvement to the find/replace experience in Notepad. We added the option to do wrap-around find/replace to the find dialog and Notepad will now remember previously entered values and the state of checkboxes and automatically populate them the next time you open the find dialog. Additionally, when you have text selected and open the find dialog we will automatically populate the search field with the selected text.
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
2
:o they're making notepad useful? What next - hex editor? regex? Why not just toss it out and put VSCode in instead.. :)
– Caius Jard
3 hours ago
1
@CaiusJard: Same reason why ed, not emacs, is the standard Unix text editor. >_>
– grawity
3 hours ago
Thanks. Something to look forward to.
– MSC
3 hours ago
@CaiusJard why would anyone who doesn't do coding need VS code? At least MS made Notepad understand *nix line endings for WSL to work, and while taking the chance to fix that why don't just do other improvements as well?
– phuclv
7 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
24
down vote
Notepad doesn't support wrap-around search. If you select search direction as Down then it only searches from the cursor onward. Similarly Up will only search backward. The workaround is already mentioned in Worthwelle's answer
However since build 17666 Notepad will be able to do wrap-around search and you don't need to mess with that Up/Down options. That'll likely enter the main branch on Windows 10 version 1809
Wrap-around find/replace: We’ve made significant improvement to the find/replace experience in Notepad. We added the option to do wrap-around find/replace to the find dialog and Notepad will now remember previously entered values and the state of checkboxes and automatically populate them the next time you open the find dialog. Additionally, when you have text selected and open the find dialog we will automatically populate the search field with the selected text.
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
2
:o they're making notepad useful? What next - hex editor? regex? Why not just toss it out and put VSCode in instead.. :)
– Caius Jard
3 hours ago
1
@CaiusJard: Same reason why ed, not emacs, is the standard Unix text editor. >_>
– grawity
3 hours ago
Thanks. Something to look forward to.
– MSC
3 hours ago
@CaiusJard why would anyone who doesn't do coding need VS code? At least MS made Notepad understand *nix line endings for WSL to work, and while taking the chance to fix that why don't just do other improvements as well?
– phuclv
7 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
24
down vote
up vote
24
down vote
Notepad doesn't support wrap-around search. If you select search direction as Down then it only searches from the cursor onward. Similarly Up will only search backward. The workaround is already mentioned in Worthwelle's answer
However since build 17666 Notepad will be able to do wrap-around search and you don't need to mess with that Up/Down options. That'll likely enter the main branch on Windows 10 version 1809
Wrap-around find/replace: We’ve made significant improvement to the find/replace experience in Notepad. We added the option to do wrap-around find/replace to the find dialog and Notepad will now remember previously entered values and the state of checkboxes and automatically populate them the next time you open the find dialog. Additionally, when you have text selected and open the find dialog we will automatically populate the search field with the selected text.
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
Notepad doesn't support wrap-around search. If you select search direction as Down then it only searches from the cursor onward. Similarly Up will only search backward. The workaround is already mentioned in Worthwelle's answer
However since build 17666 Notepad will be able to do wrap-around search and you don't need to mess with that Up/Down options. That'll likely enter the main branch on Windows 10 version 1809
Wrap-around find/replace: We’ve made significant improvement to the find/replace experience in Notepad. We added the option to do wrap-around find/replace to the find dialog and Notepad will now remember previously entered values and the state of checkboxes and automatically populate them the next time you open the find dialog. Additionally, when you have text selected and open the find dialog we will automatically populate the search field with the selected text.
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17713
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
answered 10 hours ago
phuclv
7,56243184
7,56243184
2
:o they're making notepad useful? What next - hex editor? regex? Why not just toss it out and put VSCode in instead.. :)
– Caius Jard
3 hours ago
1
@CaiusJard: Same reason why ed, not emacs, is the standard Unix text editor. >_>
– grawity
3 hours ago
Thanks. Something to look forward to.
– MSC
3 hours ago
@CaiusJard why would anyone who doesn't do coding need VS code? At least MS made Notepad understand *nix line endings for WSL to work, and while taking the chance to fix that why don't just do other improvements as well?
– phuclv
7 mins ago
add a comment |Â
2
:o they're making notepad useful? What next - hex editor? regex? Why not just toss it out and put VSCode in instead.. :)
– Caius Jard
3 hours ago
1
@CaiusJard: Same reason why ed, not emacs, is the standard Unix text editor. >_>
– grawity
3 hours ago
Thanks. Something to look forward to.
– MSC
3 hours ago
@CaiusJard why would anyone who doesn't do coding need VS code? At least MS made Notepad understand *nix line endings for WSL to work, and while taking the chance to fix that why don't just do other improvements as well?
– phuclv
7 mins ago
2
2
:o they're making notepad useful? What next - hex editor? regex? Why not just toss it out and put VSCode in instead.. :)
– Caius Jard
3 hours ago
:o they're making notepad useful? What next - hex editor? regex? Why not just toss it out and put VSCode in instead.. :)
– Caius Jard
3 hours ago
1
1
@CaiusJard: Same reason why ed, not emacs, is the standard Unix text editor. >_>
– grawity
3 hours ago
@CaiusJard: Same reason why ed, not emacs, is the standard Unix text editor. >_>
– grawity
3 hours ago
Thanks. Something to look forward to.
– MSC
3 hours ago
Thanks. Something to look forward to.
– MSC
3 hours ago
@CaiusJard why would anyone who doesn't do coding need VS code? At least MS made Notepad understand *nix line endings for WSL to work, and while taking the chance to fix that why don't just do other improvements as well?
– phuclv
7 mins ago
@CaiusJard why would anyone who doesn't do coding need VS code? At least MS made Notepad understand *nix line endings for WSL to work, and while taking the chance to fix that why don't just do other improvements as well?
– phuclv
7 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
Notepad's "find" feature searches either forward or backwards using the cursor's current position as a reference point.
You can see the radio buttons "Up" and "Down" for search direction. "Down" searches for the next match after the cursor, and "Up" searches for the previous match before the cursor. As you search, it moves the cursor around so that it doesn't find the same text over and over again.
The search doesn't wrap around when you hit the end of a document (unlike many other text editing programs).
You can either move the cursor to the beginning of the document, or you can change the radio button to "Up" to search in reverse.
answered 15 hours ago
AberrantWolf
613
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
Notepad's "find" feature searches either forward or backwards using the cursor's current position as a reference point.
You can see the radio buttons "Up" and "Down" for search direction. "Down" searches for the next match after the cursor, and "Up" searches for the previous match before the cursor. As you search, it moves the cursor around so that it doesn't find the same text over and over again.
The search doesn't wrap around when you hit the end of a document (unlike many other text editing programs).
You can either move the cursor to the beginning of the document, or you can change the radio button to "Up" to search in reverse.
answered 15 hours ago
AberrantWolf
613
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
Notepad's "find" feature searches either forward or backwards using the cursor's current position as a reference point.
You can see the radio buttons "Up" and "Down" for search direction. "Down" searches for the next match after the cursor, and "Up" searches for the previous match before the cursor. As you search, it moves the cursor around so that it doesn't find the same text over and over again.
The search doesn't wrap around when you hit the end of a document (unlike many other text editing programs).
You can either move the cursor to the beginning of the document, or you can change the radio button to "Up" to search in reverse.
answered 15 hours ago
AberrantWolf
613
Notepad's "find" feature searches either forward or backwards using the cursor's current position as a reference point.
You can see the radio buttons "Up" and "Down" for search direction. "Down" searches for the next match after the cursor, and "Up" searches for the previous match before the cursor. As you search, it moves the cursor around so that it doesn't find the same text over and over again.
The search doesn't wrap around when you hit the end of a document (unlike many other text editing programs).
You can either move the cursor to the beginning of the document, or you can change the radio button to "Up" to search in reverse.
answered 15 hours ago
AberrantWolf
613
answered 15 hours ago
AberrantWolf
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AberrantWolf
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Is Notepad [...] completely uselessYes– tkausl
6 hours ago
1
I advise Wordpad instead. Not sure if it's part of Base Windows though.
– Malandy
4 hours ago
1
@Malandy +1 to Wordpad for being better than Notepad. If by "base Windows" you mean it is installed automatically, then yes, it comes with base Windows.
– MindS1
1 hour ago
@MindS1 - Yeah, that's what I meant. What would you recommend instead?
– Malandy
1 hour ago
2
@Malandy as far as built-in Windows utilities go, Wordpad is the best you can get. The best alternatives are Notepad++ for general use, Sublime Text if you're a programmer, or VIM if you're a baller power user.
– MindS1
1 hour ago