[Bug/Feature Request] Note editor "Find and replace" function

Not sure if this is a bug or not. If not, this might be useful functionality.

When selecting a note in the library view and clicking the Find and Replace spyglass in the Note Editor, I'd expect my cursor to automatically be placed in the text entry box of the tool, so whatever I type will be searched for within that note. This doesn't seem to happen and I have to click one more time in the text box there to start searching within my note. Is this expected behavior? If so, it sure would be nice to save a click and just start searching for whatever I'm typing after selecting the tool.

Even more strange context: when using Ctrl+F/Cmd+F, the search bar for the entire Library view pane is selected, except for when I'm already editing text within a note. In that case, Ctrl+F/Cmd+F opens the Find and Replace tool in the text editor and *does* immediately allow me to type within that search box.
  • It's not expected behavior and it works correctly (i.e., places the cursor in the note search when clicking the magnifying glass icon is clicked) for me in the beta on Windows.
    Can you reproduce this in Troubleshooting mode?
  • Yes, just tested and was able to reproduce in troubleshooting mode on Mac Sequoia 15.6.

    Upon a bit more testing, it seems like the issue happens when the magnifying glass icon is clicked immediately after selecting the note in the library pane. If I've been typing in the note editor itself, clicking the icon *does* place the cursor in the search box. It's almost as if that transitional state between interacting with the library pane and not-quite-yet using the note editor is throwing the cursor placement off.
  • I think this issue should already be fixed in Zotero Beta.
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