FIND: When user clicks into search field, highlight the existing phrase

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by locating the Find bar's search-field focus handling. Done means clicking back into an open field highlights the existing search expression so typing immediately replaces it; verify the behavior manually in Xreader.

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Description

 * Xreader version 2.8.3.
 * Distribution - Mint 20.1

Issue

When the Find bar is already open, if the user clicks away from the field and then back again, any existing search expression in the field is left untouched. IME, this is probably not the most efficient behaviour, because the user has to reselect the existing search term in order to overwrite it with a new one.

Requested enhancement

Consider making the default "highlight existing text" instead. This would allow the user to immediately start overwriting the existing search term with a new phrase. (this is the default mode in LibreOffice, for example)

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