Improve IDLE Find, Replace and Find in Files dialogs

Author: Wulian233

Lib/idlelib/News3.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+What's New in IDLE 3.14.0
+(since 3.13.0)
+Released on 2025-10-xx
+=========================
+
+
+gh-67407: Improve the Find, Replace and Find in Files dialogs. Patch by
+Wulian233 and AlSweigart.
+
+
 What's New in IDLE 3.13.0
 (since 3.12.0)
 Released on 2024-10-xx

Lib/idlelib/grep.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from tkinter import StringVar, BooleanVar
-from tkinter.ttk import Checkbutton  # Frame imported in ...Base
+from tkinter.ttk import Checkbutton, Frame
 
 from idlelib.searchbase import SearchDialogBase
 from idlelib import searchengine
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def findfiles(folder, pattern, recursive):
 class GrepDialog(SearchDialogBase):
     "Dialog for searching multiple files."
 
-    title = "Find in Files Dialog"
+    title = "Find in Files"
     icon = "Grep"
     needwrapbutton = 0
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def open(self, text, searchphrase, io=None):
     def create_entries(self):
         "Create base entry widgets and add widget for search path."
         SearchDialogBase.create_entries(self)
-        self.globent = self.make_entry("In files:", self.globvar)[0]
+        self.globent = self.make_entry("In files", self.globvar)[0]
 
     def create_other_buttons(self):
         "Add check button to recurse down subdirectories."
@@ -122,9 +122,10 @@ def create_other_buttons(self):
         btn.pack(side="top", fill="both")
 
     def create_command_buttons(self):
-        "Create base command buttons and add button for Search Files."
-        SearchDialogBase.create_command_buttons(self)
-        self.make_button("Search Files", self.default_command, isdef=True)
+        """Create base command buttons and add button for Search Files."""
+        f = self.buttonframe = Frame(self.frame)
+        f.grid(row=3, column=2, padx=4, pady=4)
+        self.make_button("Search", self.default_command, isdef=True)
 
     def default_command(self, event=None):
         """Grep for search pattern in file path. The default command is bound

Lib/idlelib/replace.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def replace(text, insert_tags=None):
 class ReplaceDialog(SearchDialogBase):
     "Dialog for finding and replacing a pattern in text."
 
-    title = "Replace Dialog"
+    title = "Replace"
     icon = "Replace"
 
     def __init__(self, root, engine):
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def open(self, text, searchphrase=None, *, insert_tags=None):
     def create_entries(self):
         "Create base and additional label and text entry widgets."
         SearchDialogBase.create_entries(self)
-        self.replent = self.make_entry("Replace with:", self.replvar)[0]
+        self.replent = self.make_entry("Replace with", self.replvar)[0]
 
     def create_command_buttons(self):
         """Create base and additional command buttons.
@@ -78,22 +78,14 @@ def create_command_buttons(self):
         Replace+Find, and Replace All.
         """
         SearchDialogBase.create_command_buttons(self)
-        self.make_button("Find", self.find_it)
-        self.make_button("Replace", self.replace_it)
-        self.make_button("Replace+Find", self.default_command, isdef=True)
+        self.make_button("Find Next", self.find_it)
+        self.make_button("Replace", self.default_command, isdef=True)
         self.make_button("Replace All", self.replace_all)
 
     def find_it(self, event=None):
         "Handle the Find button."
         self.do_find(False)
 
-    def replace_it(self, event=None):
-        """Handle the Replace button.
-
-        If the find is successful, then perform replace.
-        """
-        if self.do_find(self.ok):
-            self.do_replace()
 
     def default_command(self, event=None):
         """Handle the Replace+Find button as the default command.

Lib/idlelib/searchbase.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SearchDialogBase:
     add widgets.
     '''
 
-    title = "Search Dialog"  # replace in subclasses
+    title = "Find"  # replace in subclasses
     icon = "Search"
     needwrapbutton = 1  # not in Find in Files
 
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ def create_widgets(self):
         top.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=100)
 
         self.row = 0
-        self.frame.grid_columnconfigure(0, pad=2, weight=0)
-        self.frame.grid_columnconfigure(1, pad=2, minsize=100, weight=100)
 
         self.create_entries()  # row 0 (and maybe 1), cols 0, 1
         self.create_option_buttons()  # next row, cols 0, 1
@@ -109,13 +107,13 @@ def make_entry(self, label_text, var):
         label = Label(self.frame, text=label_text)
         label.grid(row=self.row, column=0, sticky="nw")
         entry = Entry(self.frame, textvariable=var, exportselection=0)
-        entry.grid(row=self.row, column=1, sticky="nwe")
-        self.row = self.row + 1
+        entry.grid(row=self.row, column=1, columnspan=2, padx=4, pady=4, sticky="nwe")
+        self.row += 1
         return entry, label
 
     def create_entries(self):
         "Create one or more entry lines with make_entry."
-        self.ent = self.make_entry("Find:", self.engine.patvar)[0]
+        self.ent = self.make_entry("Find", self.engine.patvar)[0]
 
     def make_frame(self,labeltext=None):
         '''Return (frame, label).
@@ -179,10 +177,7 @@ def make_button(self, label, command, isdef=0):
     def create_command_buttons(self):
         "Place buttons in vertical command frame gridded on right."
         f = self.buttonframe = Frame(self.frame)
-        f.grid(row=0,column=2,padx=2,pady=2,ipadx=2,ipady=2)
-
-        b = self.make_button("Close", self.close)
-        b.lower()
+        f.grid(row=2, column=2, padx=4, pady=4)
 
 
 class _searchbase(SearchDialogBase):  # htest #

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-29-20-11-27.gh-issue-67407.nhILB2.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Improve IDLE Find, Replace and Find in Files dialogs. Patch by Wulian233 and
+AlSweigart.