Find and Replace dialog box

Hi folks,
A very unusal problem.
I have a DW MX 2004 and DW 8 installed on the same computer.
I hoped when I installed 8 it would remove MX2004 but it didnt. I
have 4 monitors.
Problem : In DW 8 when I do a Control+F, the popup never
opens up, I mean its there in the taskbar but it never appears. But
this works fine in DW MX 2004. I really like DW 8 though its
slower.
Appreciate any help on this.
Thanks,
Raaj

pamelito2014 wrote:
I tried to hover over them but nothing popped up to tell me what is what. So, I had to ask.
You might have Tool Tips turned off in preferences...
This is CS6, but I assume CC is the same or similar:

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William_Donelson wrote:
> The "Find and Replace" dialog window has got to be the
most obnoxious bit of
> programming I've seen, even by Macromedia standards.
>
> 1) Are there any command-keys that work with it, e.g. to
CLOSE it from the
> keyboard without having to mouse up to the "Close"
button ?
>
> 2) Is there a way to type Cmd-F and then type the string
to search for AND
> HAVE it actually go into the "Find" field in the window?
(I've typed Cmd-F then
> a string 1,000 times, only to see that the string has
NOT gone into the search
> field, UNLESS the dialog was previously closed. And
there's no Keyboard command
> to close the window either, see (1) above)
>
> Thanks!
>
> William
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William_Donelson wrote:
> The "Find and Replace" dialog window has got to be the
most obnoxious bit of
> programming I've seen, even by Macromedia standards.
>
> 1) Are there any command-keys that work with it, e.g. to
CLOSE it from the
> keyboard without having to mouse up to the "Close"
button ?
>
> 2) Is there a way to type Cmd-F and then type the string
to search for AND
> HAVE it actually go into the "Find" field in the window?
(I've typed Cmd-F then
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> field, UNLESS the dialog was previously closed. And
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>
> Thanks!
>
> William
Command . (Command Period) closes box, as in any mac
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