# Find/Replace in editor, replace what is in the find on new search

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-editor-replace-what-is-in-the-find-on-new-search/91622>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting, ignition81\
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-editor-replace-what-is-in-the-find-on-new-search/91622 "2024-06-10T14:35:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mal)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-editor-replace-what-is-in-the-find-on-new-search/91622/1 "2024-06-10T14:35:50Z")

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Hi. I use the script scope find/replace functions regularly (bottom of screen, not the system wide one). If I have text highlighted on a script page and hit Ctrl + F or R it places whatever was highlighted into the search bar, but if I do that a second time, the search text isn't replaced by the newly highlighted text. I do script scope searches frequently enough that this has become an annoyance. Is this functionality intentional?

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-editor-replace-what-is-in-the-find-on-new-search/91622/2 "2024-06-10T15:06:21Z")

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I hope not. It is indeed annoying.

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Peterson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/brandon_peterson/32/32960_2.png) [@Brandon\_Peterson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brandon_Peterson)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-editor-replace-what-is-in-the-find-on-new-search/91622/3 "2024-06-10T17:42:18Z")

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Create a suggestion on the IA feedback site (I checked that this specific issue wasn't already included, but always do your own checks). Then, link it back here, and I'll vote for it.

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**Author:** ![mal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mal)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-editor-replace-what-is-in-the-find-on-new-search/91622/4 "2024-06-10T20:15:22Z")

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> **[Ctrl-F Should Always search for Highlighted Text | Ignition Features and Ideas...](https://inductiveautomation.canny.io/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/ctrl-f-should-always-search-for-highlighted-text)**
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> If some text is highlighted in a script then pressing Ctrl-F (Command-F in mac) should always set the search string to what is currently highlighted in the

I believe it is already being requested here. Thumb it up.

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Peterson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/brandon_peterson/32/32960_2.png) [@Brandon\_Peterson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brandon_Peterson)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/find-replace-in-editor-replace-what-is-in-the-find-on-new-search/91622/5 "2024-06-10T20:18:21Z")

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It looks like I already had 😄 Nice job finding that one!