Prevent Search Pane from automatically closing

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  Hi there,
  
  Unfortunately there isn't anything you can do to stop it from happening right now. We will be getting our usability experts to look at Reflector over the next few months and we should be able to clean up plenty of issues like this.
  
  In the mean time you can bring the search dialog backup quite quickly by pressing F3 - I know its not ideal.
  
  Regards,
  
  James

  James Moore November 08, 2008 04:20

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  Thanks for responding! F3's not so bad. I hadn't thought of the shortcut key.
  
  Michele

  Micheleinaz November 10, 2008 16:45

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  I second that suggestion...

  Peter Ritchie November 14, 2008 12:41

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  I came up with a hack that will keep the search window open for you ... it does the following:
  
  1. Adds a checkbox item to the Tools menu for turning the lock on
  2. Connects to the visibility changed event handler of the SearchWindow
  3. If the visibility is turned off while the lock is on, it sets it back to being visible
  
  This means to hide the window you'll have to turn the lock off (Control + F3) to turn the lock on/off
  
  Once you use it a little, you might find that it really isn't worth it ...
  
  The code is an addin at: http://jasonhaley.com/files/SearchWindowFix.dll or the code to the addin is at: http://jasonhaley.com/files/SearchWindowFix.zip

  haleyjason November 14, 2008 22:16

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  I editted the addin code alittle to be more useful. If you add the addin to reflector and now use Control+F3 for search (or use the Tools->Search Lock) the search pane will stay open until you toggle it off by Control+F3 (or the menu).
  
  I could add the command to the toolbar but not sure if anyone would use it anyways.
  
  The updated addin is at the same links as above (entry before this one).

  haleyjason November 14, 2008 22:48

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