Ivan Bertrand

Maybe check the obvious first and ensure it's not just displaying the find dialogue on a different screen, or behind your open windows?

Or, perhaps make sure you don't have some keyboard clash within Trados Studio or with some other application you have running?

It would also be useful to know where you are trying to use this feature?

Hi Paul;

I cannot see the CTRL F window appear anywhere.

I tried the CTRL F under Word, and it works fine.

I have to admit that I am at a loss.

I am trying to use this in the home screen (where I usually use his function).

I can see something strange, that is when I type CTRL F, the cursor disappears (as if  it was  going to a ghost window).

Any idea how to find this window?

Kind regards

Ivan Bertrand

Ivan Bertrand

Ivan Bertrand said:

Any idea how to find this window?

Maybe look on the task bar and see if it's there?

Ivan Bertrand

Perhaps also see if you have multiple shortcuts in here... or even that it's set?

Ivan Bertrand

Also try closing every single application you have running on your computer except for Trados Studio... including Autohotkey if you use it... and see if the problem still occurs?

I would start with "Reset window layout" and if that does not help follow the advice from the gateway to reset Studio: gateway.sdl.com/.../communityknowledge

Hi Paul,

This is really strange, when I hit CTRL F I do get the Find and Replace window appearing in the task bar, but the find window is empty....

And what do you expect to see in this very window? Usually the find or find&replace windows are either empty or contain the last searched item. If you did not yet search anything since Studio start, the window will always be empty.

And what do you expect to see in this very window? Usually the find or find&replace windows are either empty or contain the last searched item. If you did not yet search anything since Studio start, the window will always be empty.

Hi Jerrzy,

Your point is valid, but since the CTRL F does mot make appear any window, how I am supposed to generate the first find?

OK, now I understand. Have you tried to reset the window layout? Or to reset your user profile?

yes, I tried to reset the windows layout, but without success. No, I did not try to reset my user profile (sounds a bit scary)

Hi Paul:

I have closed down every single program except Studio.

I have checked in the option tab that CTRL F is defined to Find (it is).

I get this find and replace windows, but it is empty

Ivan Bertrand Jerzy Czopik Paul

Is this what you are seeing?

If yes, then the last time you used Ctrl+F you somehow dragged the Find box off your screen. 

The way I resolve this is the following:

Right-click on the white blank Fin... window and select 'Move' from the dropdown menu that appears. Then, you should see a 4-pointed arrow icon appear at the edge of your screen nearest the point at which the Find box has gone beyond your display. Put the arrow to drag it back to your screen.

Hopefully this will work.

Let us know if this works or not...

All the best,

Ali

Ivan Bertrand

Ivan Bertrand said:

I get this find and replace windows, but it is empty

So... I'm going to guess what you are doing.

1. you select a word in the editor view
2. you press Ctrl+F
3. the find and replace window appears
4. the selected word isn't there

Correct?

Yes Paul this is correct, I do get a find a replace in the tool bar but with an empty Find window, just like Alison mentioned.

Hi Ali,

Thanks for the help, I do get to the 4 pointed arrow, but still cannot make it appear anywhere.

Regards

Ivan

Ivan Bertrand Paul Filkin Jerzy Czopik

Hi guys,

In order to figure out what Ivan was meaning when he said he could see the Find and Replace window but it was empty, I dragged my Find and Replace window downwards off my screen (not onto one of my other screens) then when I hovered my cursor over the Studio icon in the bottom toolbar, I could still see that the F&R window was open but it was blank as in my image above.

Then, I set about finding out how to bring it back onto the screen and found that if I right-clicked on the blank F&R window, I got the option to 'Move' and with it, a 'Move' icon made up of a horizontal+vertical cross each arm of which had an arrow at the end. I found I could drag this upwards sufficiently to make the full Find and Replace window reappear on the screen.

Maybe this link will lead to instructions that will work for Ivan Bertrand

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/bring-misplaced-off-screen-windows-back-to-your-desktop-keyboard-trick/

Fingers crossed

All the best

Ali

Hi Ali,

I tried but unfortunately it does not work :-(