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How to change the default values for the crtl+f "Find" dialog in SAP GUI?

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Hi all,

Is there a way to configure what the default values for the checkboxes for the ctrl+f dialog are? 
I almost never want to "match whole word" so I'd like that to be false by default. 

I'm using SAP GUI 800 with the latest patch. This happened to me recently, I think after some SAP notes were imported. 

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Thanks!
Birgir Snorrason

 

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FrankKrauseGUI
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Hello Birgir,

the settings from the find dialog are persisted on your local client.
There is a configuration file called settings.xml in your user profile under %APPDATA%\SAP\SAP GUI\ABAP Editor

This file contains this section:

<FindReplace>
<SearchFlags>0</SearchFlags>
<MatchCase>0</MatchCase><MatchWholeWord>0</MatchWholeWord><RegExp>0</RegExp><DirectionUp>0</DirectionUp><SearchHiddenText>0</SearchHiddenText><ScopeSelection>0</ScopeSelection><IncrementalSearch>0</IncrementalSearch></FindReplace>

And here the settings are persisted.
I could imagine that the editor cannot write to the settings.xml for some reason and that therefore the settings are getting lost.

Best regards,
Frank