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A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog

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A WPF Find/Replace Manager, usable with most text editors and both SDI and MDI interfaces

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit;
using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Document;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace FindReplace
{

    /// <summary>
    /// This class ensures that the settings and text to be found is preserved when the find/replace dialog is closed
    /// 
    /// We need two-way binding, otherwise we could just make all properties static properties of the window
    /// </summary>
    public class FindReplaceMgr : DependencyObject
    {
        private FindReplaceDialog _dialog = null;
        /// <summary>
        /// Instance of the dialog window
        /// </summary>
        FindReplaceDialog dialog                     
        {
            get
            {
                if (_dialog == null)
                {
                    _dialog = new FindReplaceDialog(this);
                    _dialog.Closed += delegate { _dialog = null; };
                    if (OwnerWindow != null)
                        _dialog.Owner = OwnerWindow;
                }
                return _dialog;
            }
        }

        public FindReplaceMgr()
        {
            ReplacementText = "";
            
            SearchIn = SearchScope.CurrentDocument;
            ShowSearchIn = true;
        }

        #region Exposed CommandBindings
        public CommandBinding FindBinding
        {
            get { return new CommandBinding(ApplicationCommands.Find, (s, e) => ShowAsFind()); }
        }
        public CommandBinding FindNextBinding
        {
            get { return new CommandBinding(NavigationCommands.Search, (s, e) => FindNext(e.Parameter == null ? false : true)); }
        }
        public CommandBinding ReplaceBinding
        {
            get { return new CommandBinding(ApplicationCommands.Replace, (s, e) => { if (AllowReplace) ShowAsReplace(); }); }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Public Properties
        /// <summary>
        /// The list of editors in which the search should take place.
        /// The elements must either implement the IEditor interface, or 
        /// InterfaceConverter should bne set.
        /// </summary>       
        public IEnumerable Editors
        {
            get { return (IEnumerable)GetValue(EditorsProperty); }
            set { SetValue(EditorsProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty EditorsProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("Editors", typeof(IEnumerable), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new PropertyMetadata(null));


        /// <summary>
        /// The editor in which the current search operation takes place.
        /// </summary>
        public object CurrentEditor
        {
            get { return (object)GetValue(CurrentEditorProperty); }
            set { SetValue(CurrentEditorProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty CurrentEditorProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("CurrentEditor", typeof(object), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new PropertyMetadata(0));


        /// <summary>
        /// Objects in the Editors list that do not implement the IEditor interface are converted to IEditor using this converter.
        /// </summary>
        public IValueConverter InterfaceConverter
        {
            get { return (IValueConverter)GetValue(InterfaceConverterProperty); }
            set { SetValue(InterfaceConverterProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty InterfaceConverterProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("InterfaceConverter", typeof(IValueConverter), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new PropertyMetadata(null));

        public static readonly DependencyProperty TextToFindProperty =
        DependencyProperty.Register("TextToFind", typeof(string),
        typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(""));
        public string TextToFind
        {
            get { return (string)GetValue(TextToFindProperty); }
            set { SetValue(TextToFindProperty, value); }
        }

       // public string ReplacementText { get; set; }
        public string ReplacementText
        {
            get { return (string)GetValue(ReplacementTextProperty); }
            set { SetValue(ReplacementTextProperty, value); }
        }

        // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for ReplacementText.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
        public static readonly DependencyProperty ReplacementTextProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("ReplacementText", typeof(string), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(""));

        

        public bool UseWildcards
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(UseWildcardsProperty); }
            set { SetValue(UseWildcardsProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty UseWildcardsProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("UseWildcards", typeof(bool), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(false));

        public bool SearchUp
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(SearchUpProperty); }
            set { SetValue(SearchUpProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty SearchUpProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("SearchUp", typeof(bool), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(false));
        
        public bool CaseSensitive
        {
            get { return (bool )GetValue(CaseSensitiveProperty); }
            set { SetValue(CaseSensitiveProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty CaseSensitiveProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("CaseSensitive", typeof(bool ), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(false));

        public bool UseRegEx
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(UseRegExProperty); }
            set { SetValue(UseRegExProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty UseRegExProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("UseRegEx", typeof(bool), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(false));

        public bool WholeWord
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(WholeWordProperty); }
            set { SetValue(WholeWordProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty WholeWordProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("WholeWord", typeof(bool), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(false));

        public bool AcceptsReturn
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(AcceptsReturnProperty); }
            set { SetValue(AcceptsReturnProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty AcceptsReturnProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("AcceptsReturn", typeof(bool), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(false));

        public enum SearchScope { CurrentDocument, AllDocuments }
        public SearchScope SearchIn
        {
            get { return (SearchScope)GetValue(SearchInProperty); }
            set { SetValue(SearchInProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty SearchInProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("SearchIn", typeof(SearchScope), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(SearchScope.CurrentDocument));

        public double WindowLeft
        {
            get { return (double)GetValue(WindowLeftProperty); }
            set { SetValue(WindowLeftProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty WindowLeftProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("WindowLeft", typeof(double), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(100.0));

        public double WindowTop
        {
            get { return (double)GetValue(WindowTopProperty); }
            set { SetValue(WindowTopProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty WindowTopProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("WindowTop", typeof(double), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(100.0));

        /// <summary>
        /// Determines whether to display the Search in combo box
        /// </summary>
        public bool ShowSearchIn
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(ShowSearchInProperty); }
            set { SetValue(ShowSearchInProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty ShowSearchInProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("ShowSearchIn", typeof(bool), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(true));


        /// <summary>
        /// Determines whether the "Replace"-page in the dialog in shown or not.
        /// </summary>
        public bool AllowReplace
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(AllowReplaceProperty); }
            set { SetValue(AllowReplaceProperty, value); }
        }

        // Using a DependencyProperty as the backing store for AllowReplace.  This enables animation, styling, binding, etc...
        public static readonly DependencyProperty AllowReplaceProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("AllowReplace", typeof(bool), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(true));

        
        
        /// <summary>
        /// The Window that serves as the parent of the Find/Replace dialog
        /// </summary>
        public Window OwnerWindow
        {
            get { return (Window)GetValue(OwnerWindowProperty); }
            set { SetValue(OwnerWindowProperty, value); }
        }
        public static readonly DependencyProperty OwnerWindowProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("OwnerWindow", typeof(Window), typeof(FindReplaceMgr), new UIPropertyMetadata(null));

        

        #endregion


        IEditor GetCurrentEditor()
        {
            if (CurrentEditor == null)
                return null;
            if (CurrentEditor is IEditor)
                return CurrentEditor as IEditor;
            if (InterfaceConverter == null)
                return null;

            return InterfaceConverter.Convert(CurrentEditor, typeof(IEditor), null, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture) as IEditor;
        }
        IEditor GetNextEditor(bool previous = false)
        {
            if (!ShowSearchIn || SearchIn == SearchScope.CurrentDocument || Editors == null)
                return GetCurrentEditor();

            List<object> l = new List<object>(Editors.Cast<object>());
            int i = l.IndexOf(CurrentEditor);
            if (i >= 0)
            {
                i = (i + (previous ? l.Count-1 : +1)) % l.Count;
                CurrentEditor = l[i];
            }
            return GetCurrentEditor();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs a regular expression according to the currently selected search parameters.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ForceLeftToRight"></param>
        /// <returns>The regular expression.</returns>
        public Regex GetRegEx(bool ForceLeftToRight = false)
        {
            Regex r;
            RegexOptions o = RegexOptions.None;
            if (SearchUp && !ForceLeftToRight)
                o = o | RegexOptions.RightToLeft;
            if (!CaseSensitive)
                o = o | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase;

            if (UseRegEx)
                r = new Regex(TextToFind, o);
            else
            {
                string s = Regex.Escape(TextToFind);
                if (UseWildcards)
                    s = s.Replace("\\*", ".*").Replace("\\?", ".");
                if (WholeWord)
                    s = "\\b" + s + "\\b";
                r = new Regex(s, o);
            }

            return r;
        }

        public void ReplaceAll(bool AskBefore = true)
        {
            IEditor CE = GetCurrentEditor();
            if (CE == null) return;

            if (!AskBefore || MessageBox.Show("Do you really want to replace all occurences of '" + TextToFind + "' with '" + ReplacementText + "'?",
                "Replace all", MessageBoxButton.YesNoCancel, MessageBoxImage.Exclamation) == MessageBoxResult.Yes)
            {
                object InitialEditor = CurrentEditor;
                // loop through all editors, until we are back at the starting editor                
                do
                {
                    Regex r = GetRegEx(true);   // force left to right, otherwise indices are screwed up
                    int offset = 0;
                    CE.BeginChange();
                    foreach (Match m in r.Matches(CE.Text))
                    {
                        CE.Replace(offset + m.Index, m.Length, ReplacementText);
                        offset += ReplacementText.Length - m.Length;
                    }
                    CE.EndChange();
                    CE = GetNextEditor();
                } while (CurrentEditor != InitialEditor);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Shows this instance of FindReplaceDialog, with the Find page active
        /// </summary>
        public void ShowAsFind()
        {
            dialog.tabMain.SelectedIndex = 0;
            dialog.Show();
            dialog.Activate();
            dialog.txtFind.Focus();
            dialog.txtFind.SelectAll();
        }
        public void ShowAsFind(TextEditor target)
        {
            CurrentEditor = target;
            ShowAsFind();
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Shows this instance of FindReplaceDialog, with the Replace page active
        /// </summary>
        public void ShowAsReplace()
        {
            dialog.tabMain.SelectedIndex = 1;
            dialog.Show();
            dialog.Activate();
            dialog.txtFind2.Focus();
            dialog.txtFind2.SelectAll();
        }
        public void ShowAsReplace(object target)
        {
            CurrentEditor = target;
            ShowAsReplace();
        }
        //static TextEditor txtCode;
        public void FindNext(object target, bool InvertLeftRight = false)
        {
            CurrentEditor = target;
            FindNext(InvertLeftRight);
        }
        public void FindNext(bool InvertLeftRight = false)
        {
            IEditor CE = GetCurrentEditor();
            if (CE == null) return;
            Regex r;
            if (InvertLeftRight)
            {
                SearchUp = !SearchUp;
                r = GetRegEx();
                SearchUp = !SearchUp;
            }
            else
                r = GetRegEx();

            Match m = r.Match(CE.Text,  r.Options.HasFlag(RegexOptions.RightToLeft) ? CE.SelectionStart : CE.SelectionStart+CE.SelectionLength);
            if (m.Success)
            {
                CE.Select(m.Index, m.Length);
            }
            else
            {
                // we have reached the end of the document
                // start again from the beginning/end,
                object OldEditor = CurrentEditor;
                do
                {
                    if (ShowSearchIn)
                    {
                        CE = GetNextEditor(r.Options.HasFlag(RegexOptions.RightToLeft));
                        if (CE == null) return;
                    }
                    if (r.Options.HasFlag(RegexOptions.RightToLeft))
                        m = r.Match(CE.Text, CE.Text.Length );
                    else
                        m = r.Match(CE.Text, 0);
                    if (m.Success)
                    {
                        CE.Select(m.Index, m.Length);
                        break;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        // Failed to find the text
                        //MessageBox.Show("No occurence found.", "Search");
                    }
                } while (CurrentEditor != OldEditor);
            }
        }

        public void FindPrevious()
        {
            FindNext(true);
        }

        public void Replace()
        {
            IEditor CE = GetCurrentEditor();
            if (CE == null) return;

            // if currently selected text matches -> replace; anyways, find the next match
            Regex r = GetRegEx();
            string s = CE.Text.Substring(CE.SelectionStart, CE.SelectionLength); // CE.SelectedText;
            Match m = r.Match(s);
            if (m.Success && m.Index == 0 && m.Length == s.Length)
            {
                CE.Replace(CE.SelectionStart, CE.SelectionLength, ReplacementText);
                //CE.SelectedText = ReplacementText;
            }

            FindNext();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Closes the Find/Replace dialog, if it is open
        /// </summary>
        public void CloseWindow()
        {
            dialog.Close();
        }
    }

    public class SearchScopeToInt : IValueConverter
    {
        object IValueConverter.Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return (int)value;
        }

        object IValueConverter.ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return (FindReplaceMgr.SearchScope)value;
        }

    }

    public class BoolToInt : IValueConverter
    {
        object IValueConverter.Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            if ((bool)value)
                return 1;
            return 0;
        }

        object IValueConverter.ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            throw new NotSupportedException();
        }

    }

    public interface IEditor
    {
        string Text { get; }
        int SelectionStart { get; }
        int SelectionLength { get; }
        /// <summary>
        /// Selects the specified portion of Text and scrolls that part into view.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="start"></param>
        /// <param name="length"></param>
        void Select(int start, int length);
        void Replace(int start, int length, string ReplaceWith);
        /// <summary>
        /// This method is called before a replace all operation.
        /// </summary>
        void BeginChange();
        /// <summary>
        /// This method is called after a replace all operation.
        /// </summary>
        void EndChange();
    }
}

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