Hide Search Results by default. Show it on first search and push it at the end. Add a close button to hide it back. Also switch to Script Editor if a searched line is clicked.

editor/find_in_files.cpp

@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ void FindInFilesDialog::_bind_methods() {
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const char *FindInFilesPanel::SIGNAL_RESULT_SELECTED = "result_selected";
 const char *FindInFilesPanel::SIGNAL_FILES_MODIFIED = "files_modified";
+const char *FindInFilesPanel::SIGNAL_CLOSE_BUTTON_CLICKED = "close_button_clicked";
 
 FindInFilesPanel::FindInFilesPanel() {
 	_finder = memnew(FindInFiles);
@@ -611,6 +612,11 @@ FindInFilesPanel::FindInFilesPanel() {
 		_cancel_button->hide();
 		hbc->add_child(_cancel_button);
 
+		_close_button = memnew(Button);
+		_close_button->set_text(TTR("Close"));
+		_close_button->connect("pressed", callable_mp(this, &FindInFilesPanel::_on_close_button_clicked));
+		hbc->add_child(_close_button);
+
 		vbc->add_child(hbc);
 	}
 
@@ -842,6 +848,10 @@ void FindInFilesPanel::_on_cancel_button_clicked() {
 	stop_search();
 }
 
+void FindInFilesPanel::_on_close_button_clicked() {
+	emit_signal(SNAME(SIGNAL_CLOSE_BUTTON_CLICKED));
+}
+
 void FindInFilesPanel::_on_result_selected() {
 	TreeItem *item = _results_display->get_selected();
 	HashMap<TreeItem *, Result>::Iterator E = _result_items.find(item);
@@ -1009,4 +1019,6 @@ void FindInFilesPanel::_bind_methods() {
 			PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "end")));
 
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo(SIGNAL_FILES_MODIFIED, PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "paths")));
+
+	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo(SIGNAL_CLOSE_BUTTON_CLICKED));
 }

editor/find_in_files.h

@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class FindInFilesPanel : public Control {
 public:
 	static const char *SIGNAL_RESULT_SELECTED;
 	static const char *SIGNAL_FILES_MODIFIED;
+	static const char *SIGNAL_CLOSE_BUTTON_CLICKED;
 
 	FindInFilesPanel();
 
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ private:
 	void _on_finished();
 	void _on_refresh_button_clicked();
 	void _on_cancel_button_clicked();
+	void _on_close_button_clicked();
 	void _on_result_selected();
 	void _on_item_edited();
 	void _on_replace_text_changed(const String &text);
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ private:
 	Label *_status_label = nullptr;
 	Button *_refresh_button = nullptr;
 	Button *_cancel_button = nullptr;
+	Button *_close_button = nullptr;
 	ProgressBar *_progress_bar = nullptr;
 	HashMap<String, TreeItem *> _file_items;
 	HashMap<TreeItem *, Result> _result_items;

editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp

@@ -1715,18 +1715,6 @@ void ScriptEditor::_notification(int p_what) {
 			_test_script_times_on_disk();
 			_update_modified_scripts_for_external_editor();
 		} break;
-
-		case CanvasItem::NOTIFICATION_VISIBILITY_CHANGED: {
-			if (is_visible()) {
-				find_in_files_button->show();
-			} else {
-				if (find_in_files->is_visible_in_tree()) {
-					EditorNode::get_bottom_panel()->hide_bottom_panel();
-				}
-				find_in_files_button->hide();
-			}
-
-		} break;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3775,6 +3763,7 @@ void ScriptEditor::_on_find_in_files_result_selected(const String &fpath, int li
 					ScriptTextEditor *ste = Object::cast_to<ScriptTextEditor>(_get_current_editor());
 
 					if (ste) {
+						EditorInterface::get_singleton()->set_main_screen_editor("Script");
 						ste->goto_line_selection(line_number, begin, end);
 					}
 				}
@@ -3789,6 +3778,7 @@ void ScriptEditor::_on_find_in_files_result_selected(const String &fpath, int li
 
 				ScriptTextEditor *ste = Object::cast_to<ScriptTextEditor>(_get_current_editor());
 				if (ste) {
+					EditorInterface::get_singleton()->set_main_screen_editor("Script");
 					ste->goto_line_selection(line_number - 1, begin, end);
 				}
 				return;
@@ -3822,6 +3812,13 @@ void ScriptEditor::_start_find_in_files(bool with_replace) {
 	find_in_files->set_replace_text(find_in_files_dialog->get_replace_text());
 	find_in_files->start_search();
 
+	if (find_in_files_button->get_index() != find_in_files_button->get_parent()->get_child_count()) {
+		find_in_files_button->get_parent()->move_child(find_in_files_button, -1);
+	}
+	if (!find_in_files_button->is_visible()) {
+		find_in_files_button->show();
+	}
+
 	EditorNode::get_bottom_panel()->make_item_visible(find_in_files);
 }
 
@@ -3848,6 +3845,11 @@ void ScriptEditor::_set_zoom_factor(float p_zoom_factor) {
 	}
 }
 
+void ScriptEditor::_on_find_in_files_close_button_clicked() {
+	EditorNode::get_bottom_panel()->hide_bottom_panel();
+	find_in_files_button->hide();
+}
+
 void ScriptEditor::_window_changed(bool p_visible) {
 	make_floating->set_visible(!p_visible);
 	is_floating = p_visible;
@@ -4201,6 +4203,7 @@ ScriptEditor::ScriptEditor(WindowWrapper *p_wrapper) {
 	find_in_files->set_custom_minimum_size(Size2(0, 200) * EDSCALE);
 	find_in_files->connect(FindInFilesPanel::SIGNAL_RESULT_SELECTED, callable_mp(this, &ScriptEditor::_on_find_in_files_result_selected));
 	find_in_files->connect(FindInFilesPanel::SIGNAL_FILES_MODIFIED, callable_mp(this, &ScriptEditor::_on_find_in_files_modified_files));
+	find_in_files->connect(FindInFilesPanel::SIGNAL_CLOSE_BUTTON_CLICKED, callable_mp(this, &ScriptEditor::_on_find_in_files_close_button_clicked));
 	find_in_files->hide();
 	find_in_files_button->hide();
 

editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.h

@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ class ScriptEditor : public PanelContainer {
 	void _on_find_in_files_result_selected(const String &fpath, int line_number, int begin, int end);
 	void _start_find_in_files(bool with_replace);
 	void _on_find_in_files_modified_files(const PackedStringArray &paths);
+	void _on_find_in_files_close_button_clicked();
 
 	void _set_zoom_factor(float p_zoom_factor);