Find selected text

[lua-rocks]

When I select text and press Ctrl+F I would like it to be automatically copied to the search pane. Is it possible?

[Mirodin]

-- Copy selected text into search field
keys["ctrl+f"] = function()
    local text = not buffer.selection_empty and buffer:get_sel_text() or nil
    ui.find.focus{find_entry_text = text}
end

[lua-rocks]

Awesome! Thank you.

[lua-rocks]

A little improvement:

• There is no reason to check nils
• Replacing works inside a selection if it exists, so we need to remove the selection

keys['ctrl+f'] = function()
  ui.find.focus { find_entry_text = buffer:get_sel_text() }
  buffer:set_selection(0, 0)
end

[Mirodin]

That is a nice one, thank you. I copied that snippet when I started using Textadept and had not much idea about Lua. Your solution is way more elegant indeed.