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Author Topic: Super simple idea, possibly hard to implement  (Read 10469 times)

TotalFanboy

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Super simple idea, possibly hard to implement
« on: August 27, 2022, 09:29 PM »
I am looking for a program that does one thing: You type in a word or phrase, then the program highlights every instance of the word/phrase in all opened applications, including in Directory Opus, and web browser tabs.

There used to be a program called Text Spotlight that did this, but it last worked with Windows XP. I have exhausted my Google search skills looking for a program that can do this, to no avail. Help me Obi-Wan DonationCoder, you're my only hope!

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Re: Super simple idea, possibly hard to implement
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2023, 06:16 PM »
link to the software OP referenced.

https://web.archive....ght.com/download.htm

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Re: Super simple idea, possibly hard to implement
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2024, 05:55 AM »
That would be pretty hard to implement indeed, given that "all opened applications" can be web browsers, 3D games, file managers, text editors... all of them have a different definition of what "text" is.  :huh:

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Re: Super simple idea, possibly hard to implement
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2024, 09:01 PM »
"all opened applications" can be web browsers, 3D games, file managers, text editors...

I concur. What can be done realistically is narrowing the list of opened applications to be "all supported applications", with modules defining each application and a centralized always-on service that can be invoked to run each highlighting module on demand.

(This way the app can be extended by multiple programmers over time)
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Re: Super simple idea, possibly hard to implement
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2024, 09:25 PM »
A modular approach would probably work (and is a good idea for most applications, actually), but if we limit the subset of supported applications to those which have a sane definition of (and sufficient ways to highlight) "text", the result will likely not really cater TotalFanboy's needs wishes.  :D