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[Feature suggestion] Enable search for RegExes, optionally

Open Olf0 opened this issue 8 years ago • 2 comments
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Insert a toggle button "RegEx" in the search bar, between the "(X)" (if present) and to the left of the "|<" button, which enables searching for Regular Expressions, when activated.

Olf0 avatar Jun 02 '17 23:06 Olf0

Support of RegExpressions already in progress! This card: https://trello.com/c/wqlkhxIH/32-[girls]-поддержка-регулярных-выражений-в-поиске! Sorry my fault... Sometimes I write cards in Russian...

About enabling RegExpressions I am not sure by now. It will be button near SearchField (as you said) or option in settings will see...

GoAlexander avatar Jun 03 '17 12:06 GoAlexander

I would love to have the option to switch to a RegEx search and back to a simple string search (not interpreting any special characters) easily and spontaneously. Having the switch buried in the settings would not provide this. Background: I usually start with a simple string search and only try a RegEx when necessary. And the simple string search should not interpret any special characters, as that would inhibit users not experienced with RegExes from searching for strings containing "*", "\" etc.

Olf0 avatar Jun 05 '17 04:06 Olf0