version for firefox2 was better

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In the old version I had one or more lines of common search terms open in
my text editor. By copying these to the Firefox search bar I could
instantaneously start clicking SearchWP words, switch tabs, take a coffee
break, keep on working where I left my keyboard, use the search bar in
between for ordinary Google searches, edit the search bar by selecting
characters or words by dragging my mouse over them.

Today I upgraded to Firefox 3.x so I had to upgrade SearchWP as well. My
first impression was: Hey, great! But that feeling didn't last long. 

First of all for some mysterious reason quite regularly my search bar wipes
itself clean.

Secondly the words I type/paste in the search bar are not directly
clickable unless I actually perform a Google search for these terms first.
In most cases this means I have to close a redundant Google tab before I
can start searching these terms in other open tabs.

And it seems impossible to make small edits to the words in the search bar,
the only way I can find to make changes is by completely wiping everything
and pasting or typing a new line.

BTW I never understood why SearchWP uses the Google/search bar and not the
Find bar, but it never was a real problem. Now it is...

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2.4b1 firefox 3.0.5 windows xp sp2

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gjbwende...@telfort.nl on 2 Jan 2009 at 8:24

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This has already been discussed. You can use the "Group word tokens in a single 
menu"
option.

Original comment by legege on 4 Jan 2009 at 2:10

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Original comment by legege on 4 Jan 2009 at 2:10

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This option does indeed give me back the normal way of making small edits and 
the
single menu does show up the moment I start typing. But I still would prefer 
the the
way the old SearchWP worked.

For example I have 10 keywords and 50 open tabs to search in. With the old 
SearchWP
my mouse could stay near the keywords and I could navigate through the tabs 
using a
hotkey. This is still possible in the new version, but only with single menu 
turned
off... with all the disadvantages mentioned before. 

With the pull down menu open my hotkeys are disabled, so this means a lot of 
extra
mouse clicks and movements.

Original comment by gjbwende...@telfort.nl on 4 Jan 2009 at 12:01

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I'm trying to figure out a way to have the pull down menu always available, 
without
having the tokens in the bookmarks toolbar. The old way was interfering with 
this
toolbar.

We'll probably get used to the new tokens layout. You'll be more productive if 
you
use the "Ctrl+K" shortcut (or Apple+K on Mac). I welcome any contribution that 
mix
both approach, while not reverting back to the old way.

Original comment by legege on 6 Jan 2009 at 2:19

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CTRL-K simply highlights whatever is in my search bar (windows XP, Firefox 3). 
A nice
shortcut for replacing search terms but no solution for my current problem that 
I
have to close the pull down menu to be able to switch tabs, then reopen it to 
start
searching on that new tab, blocking the use of hotkeys (all hotkeys as far as 
I've
tried) once again.
It would be nice if you could replace the current pull down menu by something 
that
looks similar to a right click context menu but with a top bar that would allow
dragging it away in case I'd have to read under it, and of course programmed in 
such
a way that it doesn't interfere with hotkeys.
Sorry if I explain my wishes a bit clumsy but I'm not a programmer. And please
understand that I appreciate your work very much. The current SearchWP is still 
way
better that the clumsy Firefox find option.

By the way, I downloaded a js script yesterday that should be able to force 
found
words to appear in the center of the screen. I've not yet been able to figure 
out how
to install it. Would it by any chance be possible to make it part of SearchWP?

Original comment by gjbwende...@telfort.nl on 6 Jan 2009 at 11:25

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