Bug? Search ignores phrase when part of a longer word.

[Mugsys RapSheet]

I was searching for some text, but N++ missed one occurrence b/c it wasn’t a “whole word” (despite “Match whole word only” being unchecked.

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[Alan Kilborn]

@Mugsys-RapSheet

Can’t you paste a readable screenshot here?
Pasting the actual text would be even better, as long as you do it properly (i.e., in a code block); see HERE.

[datatraveller1]

@Mugsys-RapSheet It seems you did rather highlighting by clicking on R9ZRoom222 than searching? If so, R9ZRoom222_Icon was not found by the highlighting mechanism, which looks correct to me.

[datatraveller1]

@datatraveller1 Maybe I’m wrong, I don’t know how the highlighting mechanism is supposed to work. It might indeed be nicer if R9ZRoom222_Icon was found by the highlighting, depending from the Find settings.

[Terry R]

@datatraveller1 said in Bug? Search ignores phrase when part of a longer word.:

I don’t know how the highlighting mechanism is supposed to work.

It’s written in the online manual here . There are various settings which may well have contributed to the OP’s issue. Unless they respond we may never know.

Terry

PS when I saw the OP’s question I went another direction, zero-width characters, but after seeing your response I think you might have the reason.

[datatraveller1]

@Terry-R Thank you, so if highlighting was the real issue, the OP could uncheck Settings - Preferences - Highlighting - Matching - Match whole word only or probably even better, the OP could useSettings - Preferences - Highlighting - Matching - Use Find dialog settings. I think I’ll use this setting in the future.