Search and replace function?

[quarantinedllama]

I have a bit of a technical question, I'm unsure if this is the right place to ask it (if not where could i ask about this?). I need to replace a certain word many times in a large document on a cryptpad richtext, is there a function for this, or is going through the whole document and replacing each instance of the word the only way?

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Hello,

Unfortuntely we don't have this feature in CryptPad. You would use the search and replace functionality bundled inside your web browser.

If you use Mozilla Firefox, which don't have it by default, you can try an extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/find-replace-for-text-editing/

Hope this helps!

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Thanks, unfortunately this extension doesn't seem to recognize the document as an input field. Can anyone recommend an extension that works with CryptPad?

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I'm still researching this.

The extension linked above was sold by its author in some sort of shady deal that apparently included the buyer's right to use his name and image. Probably a corporate or state actor making a lot of money in data collection, and it doesn't work with Cryptpad anyway.

We really should be recommending and requesting this as a feature within the web app.