Keep Find Dialog Up?

[TromboneAl]

I find it convenient to type Ctl-F and then enter some text to find it. If I click the “Next” button, the find dialog stays up, but if I hit the “return” key, it does not.

Any way to keep the dialog box up (as in the Windows version)?

[anon56864026]

Haven’t tried but remembered reading about it:
viewtopic.php?p=265280#p265280

EDIT––a few moments ago, I used the terminal command* in the first code box in that thread. It worked in macOS 10.12.6. (Thank you, KB.)

*replace “your_user_name” in the command (while maintaining the spacing) with your macOS user acct. name

[brookter]

If you don’t want to change the default preferences using scshrugged’s suggestion, then it may be worth knowing that cmd-g will still go to the next match (and cmd-shift-g the previous) even if the dialogue box is no longer visible.

[JoRo]

Either:

1. Use CMD F to open find.

2. Type the word you are looking for.

3. Then use CMD G (as often as you want) to find the word you typed. The find dialogue will remain open and visible.

or:

A. Use CMD F to open find.

B. Type the word you are looking for.

C. Press ENTER to find the word you typed. The find dialogue will close, but the find function will remain available using CMD G. This method frees up screen space.

or:

I. Use CMD F to open find.

II. Type the word you are looking for.

III. Use the mouse or trackpad to tap on NEXT to find the word you typed. The find dialogue will remain open and visible.

Find Shortcuts

Find > CMD F

Find next > CMD G

Find previous > CMD SHIFT G

Find using the selected text > CMD E (then press CMD G to find the next instance of that word)

Slàinte mhòr.

[TromboneAl]

@scshrugged

Haven’t tried but remembered reading about it:
literatureandlatte.com/web/ … 80#p265280

Excellent.

Being a Mac newbie …

I decided to edit the plist. I opened com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3.plist with TextEdit.app, but it doesn’t look quite right. Also, I didn’t find a entry. Do I need a different editor?

Thanks.

[anon56864026]

@TromboneAl

Excellent.

Being a Mac newbie …

I decided to edit the plist. I opened com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3.plist with TextEdit.app, but it doesn’t look quite right. Also, I didn’t find a entry. Do I need a different editor?

Thanks.

You’re welcome. Although I’m not as much of a newbie as you, I’m far from seasoned. However you decide to proceed, stick to fundamentals. Double check your thinking and actions, and always have multiple backups to prepare for the unexpected.

As you found out,TextEdit doesn’t properly read binary format.

You’d need to convert the file to xml before editing then change it back after. A primer––in Terminal.app, to see the BSD General Commands Manual entry for property list utility enter:

man plutil

Or, do as KB says in steps #1-5 and use a different text editor. Note––TextWrangler has been sunsetted and supposedly isn’t compatible with macOS 10.13, and in step #3, KB certainly meant to write BBEdit rather than BBCode.

@KB

It’s still there, but you will need to add it to Scrivener 3’s preferences (com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3) and possibly reset the Finder or restart to get it to work, given how macOS now caches user defaults and generally makes it much harder to set defaults that “take” using the command line. E.g.:

defaults write com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3 SCRSuppressFindPanelAutoClose 1 killall -u your_user_name cfprefsd

Honestly, even that is a bit unreliable these days. You’re probably best off just editing the .plist directly:

1. Quit Scrivener.

2. Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences.

3. Open com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3.plist in a plain text editor such as TextWrangler or BBCode.

4. Add the following before the final :

<key>SCRSuppressFindPanelAutoClose</key> <true/>

5. Launch Scrivener again.

viewtopic.php?p=265356#p265356

TextWrangler/BBEdit at Bare Bones Software:
barebones.com/products/textwrangler/

[TromboneAl]

Another way to do it (with Keyboard Maestro):