Search is not easy and no copy button?

[slrslr]

Search is not easy and no copy button?

[gitvectors]

I can search through hundreds of archived CherryTree (*.ctd) documents in my Ubunti desktop and find all containing keyword and open them. It is not clear if you want to copy the searched keyword or the entire node content containing the keyword. Just think of "toolchains". In my case CherryTree plus Recoll. But it sounds like you want to access snippets. There are a number of co-tools / packages which offer that. Sublime Text for one, or VS Code. And Albert is good. For all these I use a CherryTree document as a "desktop node" connecting to other tools. There is no need to add new features to CherryTree.

P.S. You can also introduce snippets into CodeBoxes. And on Run CodeBox , the (e.g. Python generated) Snippet is loaded into ClipBoard for example. Or posted somewhere. This feature is often overlooked.

[slrslr]

@gitvectors

if you want to copy the searched keyword or the entire node content

I have written "copying content of the node" so i think it was clear what i wanted to copy (node).

Albert

Thank you for your app suggestions. Albert does not seem to do what i have described in my first paragraph. I am really a layman who does not understand "desktop node" connecting to other tools ... CodeBoxes but you do not need to explain it may be a bit OT. Thank you.

[gitvectors]

I was readng your conclusion - "quickly finding node containing defined text and copy". But never mind.

Firstly, this test exercise helped me to unearth an elusive node. Thanks.

Now .. it is true that Search > Find in Multiple Nodes does not provide a direct means of copying full content of any node containg Search > Find term.

You can click on the highlighted node in list to bring node into focus.

Then Right Click > Select All (highlight node content).

Then Ctrl+C to copy [highlighted node content] to Clipboard.

Then pass Clipboard content to whatever external app(s) in mind.

But this is a clumsy workflow which is why I try to automate steps.

Now there is a simple tool which might help.
SearchMonkey (in Ubuntu repo).

We can use an expression to search all files with extension ctd.

It is quicker if you narrow down the folders to be specific rather than entire desktop. I sense that you are using just one or a few CT documents rather than many as I have,