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Small suggestion to I mprove searching in help files
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Description
In a (R) help file in Positron, you can press command+F to search, but you need to press the small arrow keys with the mouse to cycle through the hits. It would be great if you can use the enter key to do this.
System details:
Positron and OS details:
Positron Version: 2025.08.0 build 130
Code - OSS Version: 1.102.0
Commit: 76ddce53e85437b013671fe7d91a3a1c54f48341
Date: 2025-08-01T20:08:51.894Z
Electron: 35.6.0
Chromium: 134.0.6998.205
Node.js: 22.15.1
V8: 13.4.114.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
Session details:
R 4.5.1
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the command+F search behavior in a Positron R help file and locate the help-file search UI; done means pressing Enter cycles through the search hits without using the mouse arrow controls.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100