When I do a find and replace the confirm window is a modal window, not allowing any interaction with the editor while the window awaits a response. This is problematic. Because the page moves to show the found text and then the confirm window is displayed, I can not scroll the code page to determine the found text context.

Other editors allow you scroll the page and determine context before answering the confirm box. Can I do this in PhpED version 6.1?

You cannot do this in PhpED, but I wish you could!