Find window remembers screen position

While I don’t disagree with any of that, and I’m pretty sure there is already a ticket on it, one thing to note is that you can more easily browse through hits by closing the window (which can be done as easily as hitting Esc) and using F3 and Shift+F3 to jump to the Next/Prev hits, respectively.

Other tips:

  • Something that can save a lot of messing around, when you want to find other instances of a word or phrase that is already right in front of you: select it, hit Ctrl+E to load the selection into the search tool (without opening it), and now you can go straight to the Next/Prev shortcuts.
  • And sometimes Find is the lesser tool for this particular kind of information. Sometimes passively highlighting all of the overused words, you’d like to watch for is best. For that, check out this procedure. This not only may highlight what you’re working on right now, but will gather a list of all the sections containing these words into the left sidebar, as well.
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