Add editor search/search & replace box. about livekeys HOT 1 OPEN

There are 2 types:

1. Search and replace within a document
2. Search and replace within a project

1. Search and replace within a document

UI

• Input Boxes: Search box, replace box
• Buttons: Replace, Find & Replace, Replace All, Switch to Project Search

Approach

• Create the UI in qml

• Whenever a keypress happens, the "Find" action is triggered

• When "Find" is triggered:

  • Create and use lveditor/DocumentHandler::findText to find the text for the document

    • If the search text is different than the previous search text:

      • Clear the previous highlighting model
      • Search the text and create the new model
      • Reghighlight the doucment with each of those sections

    • Return the next index

  • Place the cursor on the index of the next highlight

• When "Replace" is triggered:

  • Create and uselveditor/DocumentHandler::replace to replace the cursor index of the document

• When "Find & Replace" is triggered:

  • Create and use lveditor/ProjectDocument::replace to replace the cursor index of the document

  • Return the next index

  • Place the cursor on the index of the next highlight

• When "Replace all" is triggered:

  • Create and use lveditor/ProjectDocument::replaceAll to replace all the instances

  • Clear all highlighting

2. Search and replace within a project

UI

• Input Boxes: Search box, Replace Box
• Buttons: Find, Replace All

Approach

• Create the UI in qml

• When "Find" is triggered:

  • Create and use lveditor/Project::findText to find the text in the project, a ListModel with the items
    is returned. The ListModel contains the path to the file, then the findings in the
    file, like line number, offset and fragment with the actual text

  • The model is displayed as a List of files and when collpsed, the findings are displayed

• When "Replace all" is triggered:

  • Use lveditor/Project::replaceText to replace the text in the project

  • Clear the current model

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