Find string in Codemirror without Dialog

Hi.

How do I trigger the search in CodeMirror to select(and unselect) a specific string without using the dialog?

I am looking for something like: CodeMirror.execCommand('find', 'test') and it will mark all occurences of test just like it would when I use the dialog box.

I found a duplicate of this: https://github.com/codemirror/CodeMirror/issues/3392 but it has been closed with a hint to https://codemirror.net/doc/manual.html#addon_searchcursor and I really can’t see at all how I would implement this via getSearchCursor(). Can someone provide an example for this or has some additional explanations?

Thanks!

[Xatenev]

Thanks your right. It works now. I think a doc entry for this might be helpful.

FWIW the full working code is:

 let cursor = this.cm.getSearchCursor(val);
 cursor.findNext();
 this.cm.setSelection(cursor.from(), cursor.to());

[marijnh]

You didn’t move the cursor to a match yet, so from and to aren’t returning anything.