Automattic / Automattic/wp-calypso
Desktop app: Add in-editor search
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 12.6k
- Forks
- 2k
- Avg merge
- 1d 17h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 538
Description
### What
Add an option to search for text inside a specific post in the editor - as can be done by pressing Ctrl/Cmd-F in a browser
### Why
With longer posts and pages, this would allow people to quickly find specific text they need to edit.
I can see this being useful to some people in the Reader view in the app as well.
Requested in https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/search-function-for-the-deskop-app/?view=all
### How
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
No file, test, or code entry point is named. Start by locating the desktop editor's post view and checking whether the requested search should also apply to Reader view; done means Ctrl/Cmd-F can find text within the selected post and supports the stated editing use case.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100