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searching within an edit window

Aug 7, 2008
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I made an interesting discovery while editing a long post. If I post a thread and then edit it, I can't seem to search within the edit window with the computer.

I hit the edit button and the edit window comes up with the rich text editor. Normally on my Mac, to search I enter command-F. If I do that, the search is performed on the background as well as the edit window.

In the image below, I started searching for a word beginning with "f", as you can see, the search wasn't confined to just the edit window. It makes sense that it would be.

A way of searching just within the edit window would be nice with larger posts. Is there a way to do that?

Also, just out of interest if you know the answer, does the system impose a limit on the size of a post and if so, what is it? Would a limit include the size of any pdf attachments?


Thanks.

MAC OS 10.9.5, Safari 7.1
 
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