Allow disabling "Replace Preview"

[dsanz006]

I think it should be possible to disable "Replace Preview" in the settings. Currently, whenever I want to replace a word, the "Replace Preview" opens for every file, because I have file preview disabled.

[vscodebot]

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Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Search and Replace All: keep the preview window as a postview window (#48239)
• Image preview not working (#58746)
• Preview features on Double Click (#52375)
• Allow to open editor as pinned and preserve current preview editor (#54418)
• Markdown preview doesn't work on version 1.28.0-insider (#58277)

[roblourens]

Are you talking about the diff editor that opens when you click a result? What do you expect to see in that case?

[dsanz006]

Yes that's what I'm talking about. I would like to see just the file without a diff, maybe with the matches highlighted as I navigate through them in the search sidebar. Then when I click on replacing the text it would just replace it directly.

[roblourens]

This seems reasonable and I would take a PR that adds a setting to disable the replace preview. FYI @sandy081

Starting point: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchView.ts#L1405 and https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchActions.ts#L581

[ToothlessGear]

I'd like to take a look at this.