[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 142498] New: UI: Highlight the found search text in cell

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142498

            Bug ID: 142498
           Summary: UI: Highlight the found search text in cell
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: s5t1e3v4e3m11 at hotmail.com

Created attachment 172366
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=172366&action=edit
Difficult to spot the found search term when cells contain a lot of text

When searching text the whole cell is outlined (or marked when using "Find
All").

If the cell contains a lot of text it can be difficult to find the search text
in there (e.g. searching for "test" in the attachment).

If the found search text where highlighted in some way it would help a lot.

In Writer the found search text is even marked and can be immediately modified;
I am not sure whether in Calc that should be done - it would change current
behaviour significantly.

I would already be happy if there was just a temporary highlighting of the
searched/replaced text in the cell, with no influence on the way cells are
marked with the search/replace function. If the cell is so large that the
marked part is outside the visible area - bad luck ;-)

I would not mind if that were only available using the Expert Configuration and
having to triple sign a waiver that it might mess up the screen representation
of the data :-)

Admitting to low priority, I could only find
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61830718/libreoffice-calc-how-to-highlight-text-within-cell-during-search
(but that could be my poor Google-fu). So apparently demand is low and it seems
to me the complexity of the enhancement is high.

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