#3538 search: always preset selected search text

Signed-off-by: Patrizio Bekerle <patrizio@bekerle.com>

Author: pbek

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## 26.4.3
 
+- When pressing **Ctrl+F** to open the search bar in the **note text edit**,
+  the **preview**, or the **QLiteHTML preview**, any currently selected text
+  will now always be placed into the search field (replacing any existing search
+  text) and selected, making it easy to search for the highlighted word or phrase
+  (for [#3538](https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/issues/3538))
 - Added a built-in **MCP (Model Context Protocol) server** that allows external AI
   agents to access notes via HTTP+SSE transport with Bearer token authentication,
   providing `search_notes` and `fetch_note` tools for AI-powered note retrieval

src/libraries/qlitehtml/src/qlitehtmlsearchwidget.cpp

@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ void QLiteHtmlSearchWidget::activate()
     show();
 
     QString selectedText = _liteHtmlWidget->selectedText();
-    if (!selectedText.isEmpty() && ui->searchLineEdit->text().isEmpty()) {
+    // Preset the selected text as search text if there is any, replacing any
+    // existing search text
+    if (!selectedText.isEmpty()) {
         ui->searchLineEdit->setText(selectedText);
     }
 

src/libraries/qmarkdowntextedit

@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ void QTextEditSearchWidget::activate() {
     setReplaceMode(false);
     show();
 
-    // preset the selected text as search text if there is any and there is no
-    // other search text
+    // Preset the selected text as search text if there is any, replacing any
+    // existing search text
     QString selectedText = _textEdit->textCursor().selectedText();
-    if (!selectedText.isEmpty() && ui->searchLineEdit->text().isEmpty()) {
+    if (!selectedText.isEmpty()) {
         ui->searchLineEdit->setText(selectedText);
     }