Method search

modules/QtPDF/src/PDFDocumentView.cpp:800–830

}

void PDFDocumentView::search(QString searchText, Backend::SearchFlags flags /* = Backend::Search_CaseInsensitive */)
{
  if (!_pdf_scene)
    return;

  // If `searchText` is the same as for the last search, focus on the next
  // search result.
  // Note: The primary use case for this is hitting `Enter` several times in the
  // search box to go to the next result.
  // On the other hand, with this there is no easy way to abort a long-running
  // search (e.g., in a large document) and restarting it in another part by
  // simply going there and hitting `Enter` again. As a workaround, one can
  // change the search text in that case (e.g., to something meaningless and
  // then back again to abort the previous search and restart at the new
  // location).
  if (searchText == _searcher.searchString() && flags == _searcher.searchFlags()) {
    nextSearchResult();
    return;
  }

  _searcher.ensureStopped();

  clearSearchResults();
  _currentSearchResult = -1;

  _searcher.setSearchString(searchText);
  _searcher.setSearchFlags(flags);
  _searcher.setDocument(document());
  _searcher.setStartPage(currentPage());
  _searcher.start();
}

void PDFDocumentView::nextSearchResult()
{