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Have the ability to search through a whole notebook (not only inside a cell)

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Description

First, thanks for this wonderful extension, globally works great.

The request is about .ipynb notebooks.
Currently, I can use / to search a string inside a cell, it works well as expected, the results rotate in that cell.

Now, I would like to trigger / on a notebook when a cell is not in edition, to search through the whole notebook.
I would expect n/N to be able to navigate through all the cells.

I know I can use the vscode "find" option for that, but I would prefer stick to a single search, which is the VSCodeVim one (/).

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Research direction

Start at the / search entry point and trace how search is limited to the active cell when working with .ipynb notebooks. Verify behavior when a cell is not being edited, then confirm that n and N navigate matches across all cells and that the existing in-cell search remains unchanged.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
jupyter-notebook, typescript
Domain
developer-experience, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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