notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
[Feature request] Search in files with max and min filesize
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- C++
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
Description of the Issue
When searching for text in files, it would be nice to be able to skip files larger than x size or smaller than x size
Describe the solution you'd like.
Inputbox with max filesize
Inputbox with min filesize
Debug Information
This give back you a lot of time for reverse lookup
Anything else?
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Research direction
No files or tests are identified in the issue. Start by locating Notepad++'s text-file search UI and its search implementation, then determine how file-size limits should be represented and applied. Done means users can set minimum and maximum sizes and matching files outside those limits are skipped.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 40/100