CTRL+F save the last search

[batata004]

Sometimes I need to open the Monaco Editor for several files and search a specific word like xxx. So everytime I load the monaco editor I need to press CTRL+ F -> wait the find box appears and type xxx so it can search.

I can easily save what the user searches at some cookie Then my question is this: is there an event that is triggered as soon as the search box appears so I can fill its input with the value I saved on my cookie?

[alexdima]

@batata004 We don't have that in the API of the editor, but this being JS you could try something like the following (paste at https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/playground.html and Run):

const editor = monaco.editor.create(document.getElementById("container"), {
	value: "function hello() {\n\talert('Hello world!');\n}",
	language: "javascript"
});
editor.getContribution('editor.contrib.findController')._state.onFindReplaceStateChange((e) => {
    // console.log(e);
    if (e.isRevealed) {
        console.log(`find replace is now visible`);
    }
})

[batata004]

@alexdima thank you for helping! And if you could take a look at #2410 (comment) because you can see the suggested solution in that issue worked but to me it looks like a hack. Do you know if is possible to trigger the find/replace action?