Cycle between highlighted words

[lutz-leonhardt]

The current version does not cycle between highlighted words with F3. IMO this was the case in earlier versions.
It would be nice to make this possible again.

[lutz-leonhardt]

Is there another way to cycle between the highlights?

[huoguangjin]

cycle between highlighted words with F3, I guess what you mean is Find Next / Move to Next Occurrence, right?

[lutzleonhardt]

yes, exactly

[huoguangjin]

In usual, when some find actions (like Ctrl+F Find... and Ctrl+Shift+F7 Highlight Usages in File) perform, HighlightHandlerBase#setupFindModel will be called. At this time, A FindModel will set in FindManager, seeFindManager#setFindNextModel.
Find Next / Move to Next Occurrence triggers SearchAgainAction, and tells FindManager#findNextUsageInEditor to find the next usage. In this process, all highlighters managed by HighlightManager will be compared with the current caret location to find out the nearest one.

But highlighters created by MultiHighlight don't save in HighlightManager in v3.0.0, so Find Next / Move to Next Occurrence doesn't work.

See also:
com.intellij.codeInsight.highlighting.HighlightHandlerBase#setupFindModel
com.intellij.find.FindManager#setFindNextModel
com.intellij.ide.actions.SearchAgainAction
com.intellij.find.FindManager#findNextUsageInEditor
com.intellij.codeInsight.highlighting.HighlightManagerImpl#getHighlighters

[huoguangjin]

There are 2 ways to solve:

1. Add highlighters created by MultiHighlight to HighlightManager, so that FindManager could find them.
2. Add a new find next action for MultiHighlight.

See also:
com.intellij.codeInsight.highlighting.HighlightManager#addOccurrenceHighlight
com.intellij.find.impl.FindManagerImpl#findNextUsageInFile