See Ubuntu Bug 443302 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mousepad/+bug/443302 "After Find and Replace, can't replace again unless restaring Mousepad" In both Mousepad and Leafpad: -- Search and Replace by some text, either in a single step (Replace all at once), either interactively. -- Close the Replace dialog. -- Try to Search and Replace again. -- The Find and Replace button is GRAYED (disabled) and the only way to fix this is to close and restart Mousepad (or Leafpad)! -- Lionel Le Folgoc patched mousepad-0.2.16/src/search.c in Ubuntu, maybe you should consider this too: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33112647/resensitize-find-button.patch -- See also Debian Bug 549334 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=549334 It's the same bug expressed differently. -- The bug does NOT manifest with GTK+ 2.14 or 2.16, only with GTK+ 2.18 or newer.
*** Bug 5888 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixed in 80819d4.