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Make feature "swap/copy" in "replace dialog" more discoverable #13368

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Description

@conky77

Description of the Issue

Only by right-clicking on replace dialog, you discover some commands

from 8.5.1 release note (release candidate)
“Add ability to copy “Find what” to “Replace with” and vice versa in Find Replace dialog. (Fix #12122 )”

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See also the topic in the community announcement Notepad++ v8.5.1 Release Candidate

Steps to Reproduce the Issue

  1. open find replace dialog, replace section
  2. right click on the icon close to "find what"
  3. some functionalities appear (you have to know that by right-clicking somewhere, something happens)

Expected Behavior

To make this feature more discoverable
(even if you wrote that on the manual, you would look for a manual only whether you think you need to understand something better)
A possible solution could be to modify the current button
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in order to get something like that
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Another solution could be to add 3 different buttons

Actual Behavior

feature hardly discoverable

Debug Information

Notepad++ v8.5.1 (64-bit)
Build time : Mar 17 2023 - 02:35:00
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line :
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 11 Home (64-bit)
OS Version : 22H2
OS Build : 22621.1413
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins :
ComparePlugin (2.0.2)
CSVLint (0.4.6.2)
DSpellCheck (1.5)
JsonTools (4.11.1)
mimeTools (2.9)
NppConverter (4.5)
NppExport (0.4)
NPPJSONViewer (2.0.4)
NppXmlTreeviewPlugin (2)
XMLTools (3.1.1.13)

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