Several improvements and PRs from @chelslava (#3039)

* Feature/issue 2672 searching indicator (#164)

* Add visible searching indicator to Find Usages dialog

Closes #2672

The 'searching...' indicator is now shown as the first row in the
results table, making it more visible to users who focus on the
table rather than the dialog title.

* Make visible spaces and newlines in Text Editor. (#3026)

* Add options to make visible spaces and newlines in Text Editor.

* Fix 'General' settings not available after upgrade (blocks startup) (#3013)

- Add migration from settings version 8 to 9 that ensures General section exists with all required keys
- Add safe access to General settings in application.py, mainframe.py, treeplugin.py, and dialog.py
- Use .get() with fallback values instead of direct dictionary access
- This prevents KeyError when user settings file is missing or corrupted

Closes #3000

* Enable visible spaces and newlines in External/Code Editor.

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Co-authored-by: ChelSlava <chelslava@gmail.com>

* Restore wrongly deleted test fixture

* Add ChelSlova PR to improve visibility off Search in Find Usages

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Co-authored-by: ChelSlava <chelslava@gmail.com>

* Increase version of Requests. Fix invoke devel

* Increase version of Requests in pyproject.toml

* Improve Russian translation quality

Fixed critical translation errors:
- "PAUSED" was translated as "ПАРОЛЬ" (password) instead of "ПАУЗА" (pause)
- "ride log" was translated as "журнала такси" (taxi log) instead of "журнала RIDE"
- "Delete Cells" was translated as "Удалить Гены" (delete genes) instead of "Удалить ячейки"
- "Teardown" was translated as "Разбираем" (dismantling) instead of "Завершение"
- "suite" was translated as "апартамента" (apartment) instead of "набор"

Added missing translations:
- Debug -> Отладка
- Autosave -> Автосохранение
- Insert Rows -> Вставить строки
- Font Size -> Размер шрифта
- Font Face -> Гарнитура шрифта
- Default column size -> Размер колонки по умолчанию
- Auto size columns -> Автоматический размер колонок
- <all keywords> -> <все ключевые слова>
- Keyword -> Ключевое слово
- Rename -> Переименовать

Fixed formatting issues:
- Added missing tab characters in keyboard shortcuts
- Fixed "Test Suites" translation (Сьюты -> Наборы тестов)
- Fixed elapsed time format string

* Add Russian translator to TRANSLATORS.adoc

* Fix/issue 2521 case insensitive sort v2 (#166)

* Add case insensitive sort option for keywords

Closes #2521

* Feature/issue 2672 searching indicator (#164)

* Add visible searching indicator to Find Usages dialog

Closes #2672

The 'searching...' indicator is now shown as the first row in the
results table, making it more visible to users who focus on the
table rather than the dialog title.

* Make visible spaces and newlines in Text Editor. (#3026)

* Add options to make visible spaces and newlines in Text Editor.

* Fix 'General' settings not available after upgrade (blocks startup) (#3013)

- Add migration from settings version 8 to 9 that ensures General section exists with all required keys
- Add safe access to General settings in application.py, mainframe.py, treeplugin.py, and dialog.py
- Use .get() with fallback values instead of direct dictionary access
- This prevents KeyError when user settings file is missing or corrupted

Closes #3000

* Enable visible spaces and newlines in External/Code Editor.

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Co-authored-by: ChelSlava <chelslava@gmail.com>

* Restore wrongly deleted test fixture

* Add ChelSlova PR to improve visibility off Search in Find Usages

---------

Co-authored-by: ChelSlava <chelslava@gmail.com>

* Increase version of Requests. Fix invoke devel

* Increase version of Requests in pyproject.toml

* Improve Russian translation quality

Fixed critical translation errors:
- "PAUSED" was translated as "ПАРОЛЬ" (password) instead of "ПАУЗА" (pause)
- "ride log" was translated as "журнала такси" (taxi log) instead of "журнала RIDE"
- "Delete Cells" was translated as "Удалить Гены" (delete genes) instead of "Удалить ячейки"
- "Teardown" was translated as "Разбираем" (dismantling) instead of "Завершение"
- "suite" was translated as "апартамента" (apartment) instead of "набор"

Added missing translations:
- Debug -> Отладка
- Autosave -> Автосохранение
- Insert Rows -> Вставить строки
- Font Size -> Размер шрифта
- Font Face -> Гарнитура шрифта
- Default column size -> Размер колонки по умолчанию
- Auto size columns -> Автоматический размер колонок
- <all keywords> -> <все ключевые слова>
- Keyword -> Ключевое слово
- Rename -> Переименовать

Fixed formatting issues:
- Added missing tab characters in keyboard shortcuts
- Fixed "Test Suites" translation (Сьюты -> Наборы тестов)
- Fixed elapsed time format string

* Add Russian translator to TRANSLATORS.adoc

* Add unit tests for sort keywords, minor fixes.

* Update translations. PT, PT_BR

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Co-authored-by: ChelSlava <chelslava@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: ChelSlava <chelslava@gmail.com>

Author: HelioGuilherme66

CHANGELOG.adoc

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Versioni
 == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE[Unreleased]
 
 === Added
+- Added option on Tree (Project Explorer) context menu, to *Sort Keywords (Case Insensitive)*.
 - Added on Text Editor, (Preferences->Text Editor) option to *Enable visible spaces* configurable with ``enable visible spaces`` in settings.cfg, with default ``True``.
 - Added on Text Editor, (Preferences->Text Editor) option to *Enable visible newlines* configurable with ``enable visible newlines`` in settings.cfg, with default ``False``.
 - Added on External/Code Editor, both enabled, ``visible spaces`` and ``visible newlines``.
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Versioni
 - Fixed exception seen in console when selecting Tools->Library Finder... on a clean install.
 
 === Changed
+- Improved visibility of the Search action in *Find Usages* by adding ``Search...`` on the first row of the results table.
 - Changed isbinary to be internal library, instead of being dependency.
 
 

README.adoc

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.5, but RIDE is known to work w
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 
-(3.9 <= python <= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.3dev4**) with:
+(3.9 <= python <= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.3dev6**) with:
 
 `pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/develop.zip`
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "robotframework",
     "psutil",
     "packaging",
-    "requests>=2.32.4",
+    "requests>=2.33.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mockito
 invoke
 urllib3>=2.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 zipp>=3.19.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-requests>=2.32.4
+requests>=2.33.0
 github3.py
 memory-profiler
 pylint

requirements.txt

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Pypubsub
 psutil
 packaging
 chardet
-requests>=2.32.4
+requests>=2.33.0

src/robotide/application/CHANGELOG.html

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 <li>🐞 - When upgrading RIDE and activate Restart, some errors are visible about missing /language file, and behaviour
  is not normal. Better to close RIDE and start a new instance.</li>
 <li>🐞 - Problems with COPY/PASTE in Text Editor have been reported when using wxPython 4.2.0, but not with 
-version 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3 and 4.2.4, which we now <em>recommend</em>.</li>
+version 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4 and 4.2.5 which we now <em>recommend</em>.</li>
 -->
 <li>🐞 - Rename Keywords, Find Usages/Find where used are not finding all occurrences. Please, double-check findings 
 and changes.</li>
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 </ul>
 <p><strong>New Features and Fixes Highlights</strong></p>
 <ul class="simple">
+<li>Added option on Tree (Project Explorer) context menu, to <b>Sort Keywords (Case Insensitive)</b>.</li>
+<li>Improved visibility of the Search action in <b>Find Usages</b> by adding <b>Search...</b> on the first row of the 
+results table.</li>
 <li>Added on Text Editor, (Preferences->Text Editor) options to <b>Enable visible spaces</b> and
  <b>Enable visible newlines</b>.</li>
 <li>Added on External/Code Editor, both enabled, <b>visible spaces<b> and <b>visible newlines<b>.</li>
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 <pre class="literal-block">python -m robotide.postinstall -install</pre>
 <p>or</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">ride_postinstall.py -install</pre>
-<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 29/March/2026.</p>
+<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 11/April/2026.</p>
 <br/>
 <!-- 
 <h3>Celebrate the bank holiday, 1st December, Restoration of the Independence of Portugal (from Spain in 1640)!!</h3>

src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py

@@ -460,9 +460,12 @@ def _get_undo_command(self):
 class SortKeywords(_ReversibleCommand):
     index_difference = None
 
+    def __init__(self, case_insensitive=False):
+        self._case_insensitive = case_insensitive
+
     def _execute(self, context):
-        index_difference = context.sort_keywords()
-        self._undo_command = RestoreKeywordOrder(index_difference)
+        index_difference = context.sort_keywords(case_insensitive=self._case_insensitive)
+        self._undo_command = RestoreKeywordOrder(index_difference, self._case_insensitive)
 
     def _get_undo_command(self):
         return self._undo_command
@@ -493,14 +496,15 @@ def _get_undo_command(self):
 
 class RestoreKeywordOrder(_ReversibleCommand):
 
-    def __init__(self, index_difference):
+    def __init__(self, index_difference, case_insensitive=False):
+        self._case_insensitive = case_insensitive
         self._index_difference = index_difference
 
     def _execute(self, context):
         context.restore_keyword_order(self._index_difference)
 
     def _get_undo_command(self):
-        return SortKeywords()
+        return SortKeywords(self._case_insensitive)
 
 
 class RestoreVariableOrder(_ReversibleCommand):

src/robotide/controller/ctrlcommands.py

@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ def sort_tests(self):
             return index_difference
         return None
 
-    def sort_keywords(self):
+    def sort_keywords(self, case_insensitive=False):
         if self.keywords:
-            index_difference = self.keywords.sort()
+            index_difference = self.keywords.sort(case_insensitive=case_insensitive)
             self.mark_dirty()
             RideDataFileSet(item=self).publish()
             return index_difference

src/robotide/controller/filecontrollers.py

@@ -374,9 +374,18 @@ def _configure_controller(self, ctrl, config):
         if config:
             ctrl.arguments.set_value(config)
 
-    def sort(self):
-        """Sorts the keywords of the controller by name"""
-        keywords_sorted = sorted(self._table.keywords, key=lambda userkeyword: userkeyword.name)
+    def sort(self, case_insensitive=False):
+        """Sorts the keywords of the controller by name
+        
+        Args:
+            case_insensitive: If True, sort without regard to case
+        """
+        if case_insensitive:
+            keywords_sorted = sorted(self._table.keywords, 
+                                     key=lambda userkeyword: userkeyword.name.lower())
+        else:
+            keywords_sorted = sorted(self._table.keywords, 
+                                     key=lambda userkeyword: userkeyword.name)
         index_difference = self._index_difference(self._table.keywords, keywords_sorted)
         self._table.keywords = keywords_sorted
         return index_difference