Pre-select the pre-input so that it can be clear immediately by any new input

[ahlearn]

Similar to many other softwares (e..g, Chrome), when we initiate word search by Ctrl-F, the pre-input is pre-selected so that we can replace it by simply typing a new keyword, or append new string to it by first pressing right-arrow key. Can we have the same behavior in helm-swoop? Thanks.

[ahlearn]

I achieved it by adding following hook:

(defun my-minibuffer-setup-hook ()
;; select input string (if any).
(setq this-command-keys-shift-translated t)
(handle-shift-selection)
(beginning-of-line)
)
(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'my-minibuffer-setup-hook)

[rileyrg]

This ought to be the default behaviour of all such helm input buffers. I would suggest reopening.

[conao3]

OK.
@rileyrg, the default behaviour of all such helm input buffers is what?
I usually use ivy, I have not familiar with helm. What concrete helm function works like that, please listing?

[cireu]

@rileyrg You'd better open a feature request in helm's issue tracking system to achieve this goal. Because helm-swoop is specialized for buffer searching.

[cireu]

I usually use ivy, I have not familiar with helm. What concrete helm function works like that, please listing?

I guess he want a flex placeholder for minibuffer.

[conao3]

Thanks. Anyway, any change with breakage hard to merge to master.
If user customization can satisfy your requirements, we would be glad if you could respond there.

[rileyrg]

I'm not sure how this is going but in any ui that opens with a preselect it should be "selected" meaning any typing deletes it and starts a new search. Should I want to append or edit I arrow to remove the region selection. Eg I would normally use the symbol at point pre select... But if I type its a new search request without the need to C-x del first. Like the op it seems the only sensible operation. If there were a configured flag to enable this that's great.

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[conao3]

May this configure helps you?

;; If a symbol or phrase is selected, use it as the initial query.
(setq helm-swoop-pre-input-function
      (lambda ()
        (if mark-active
            (buffer-substring-no-properties (mark) (point))
          "")))

This pre-input-function fill selected string if mark active.
If you search for something you want, deactivate the mark and launch helm-swoop.