This is a feature request to enhance the Find and Replace dialog to include the ability to find and bulk-replace form control field names. Why would this be useful? Many forms are repetitive. They may contain table after table of arrays of dozens of fields. At the moment, copying a table full of form controls is easy (copy/paste) however each field control must then be edited individually to ensure unique field names. This is tedious but necessary. If a Find and Replace Field Names was available, the form designer could be much more efficient by copy/pasting the table, selecting it, and then doing a Find/Replace (with option Current selection only). For example, if a table had field names 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, etc. then a Field Name Find/Replace of '1.1.' with '1.2.' would rename all fields at once while retaining the integrity of the naming scheme. I realise this is a long shot request, but it would make my job easier so I thought I'd put it out there. Thanks for your consideration.
Support this. UI-wise, it could be as easy as adding another checkbox in the F&R dialog: [ ] Field Names like we have [ ] Comments
Another F&R (with replace being disabled) sounds good. But isn't the sidebar enough to find a particular field name?
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2) > Another F&R (with replace being disabled) sounds good. But isn't the sidebar > enough to find a particular field name? Replace is a critical part of this request. Use case detailed above.
Created attachment 194124 [details] Example document If you copy/paste a table with form controls the resulting names are amended with a number like "top_left" becomes "top_left 1". What's wrong with it?