BUG: Find and Replace Dialog Box Sets "Look In Field" Wrong

ID: Q191568

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When selecting a text block to do a Find and Replace, the Find and Replace function will apply to the whole document instead of to the selected text block.


CAUSE

When text is selected to do a Find and Replace, the "Look In field" is set to Current Document instead of Current Selection. The dialog box is sized by default such that the "Look in field" is not visible. Selecting Replace All will replace all instances in the entire document by default.


RESOLUTION

Expand the Find and Replace dialog box so that the "Look In field" is visible and change it to the Current Selection.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Open an HTML document in Source view.


  2. Select a few lines of text.


  3. From the Edit menu, select Find and Replace.


  4. Expand the Find and Replace dialog box so that the "Look In field" is visible.


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Keywords          : kbide kbVisID600bug kbGrpASP 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 24, 1999