[Bug 290010] kate search dialog does not support "match whole word" mode

[Dominik Haumann]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290010





--- Comment #1 from Dominik Haumann <haumann kate-editor org> 2011-12-28 13:42:41 ---
If you open the search & replace bar (CTRL+R), you have a "Mode" combo box on
the bottom: Choose "Whole Words".

This should solve your issue, right?

[Jo Schulze]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290010





--- Comment #2 from Jo Schulze <jo feuersee de> 2011-12-28 16:14:07 ---
This would solve this issue if the "Mode" Combo Box would be visible when
searching (CTRL-S).

[Dominik Haumann]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290010


Dominik Haumann <haumann-***@public.gmane.org> changed:

What |Removed |Added
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Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX




--- Comment #3 from Dominik Haumann <haumann kate-editor org> 2011-12-28 17:05:35 ---
Think of ctrl+f as a "simple find", and ctrl+r as "extended find, with the
option to replace". Then you have what you want.

This is by design, and it works pretty well. We cannot add all sorts of options
to the simple find, because then 1. it is not simple anymore, and 2. there is
not enough space. Hence, this won't change ;)

[Jo Schulze]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290010





--- Comment #4 from Jo Schulze <jo feuersee de> 2011-12-28 21:27:11 ---
Sry but I can't do that. CTRL-S is for Search, CTRL-R for replace, that's
pretty much hardwired to my neurons by now. Besided, the Edit menu entries are
labelled "Find" and "Replace" and not "Simple Search" and "Extended
Search/Replace".

From a user POV, I think that switching from a dialog box to an interactive

paradigm with Next/Prev buttons is an improvement. However, a differencation
between Simple/Extended doesn't make much sense because users don't think that
way and switching between the Search/Replace context loses context (at least in
the current implementation).

Whatever is to be considered an "extended" search/replace option may be placed
into an "advanced" acordeon style GUI element.