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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed"
title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - UI: Add customize option to find "Whole words only" to Find toolbar, as available from Find & Replace dialog"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129469#c11">Comment # 11</a>
on <a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed"
title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - UI: Add customize option to find "Whole words only" to Find toolbar, as available from Find & Replace dialog"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129469">bug 129469</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:cno@nouenoff.nl" title="Cor Nouws <cno@nouenoff.nl>"> <span class="fn">Cor Nouws</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to sdc.blanco from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=129469#c9">comment #9</a>)
<span class="quote">> (In reply to Cor Nouws from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=129469#c8">comment #8</a>)
> > Unless there is a very strong reason.
> 1. Original request comes from a naive user, who sees the possibility in
> Toolsâ–¸Customize to customize the Find Toolbar -- sees checkbox options for
> "Find All" and "Match Case" and wonders why "Words only" is not on the list.
> (was there a conscious decision to omit this option?)</span >
I'm afraid not.
I remember issues with the length in some situations though.
<span class="quote">> 2. Was never a proposal to make this universal or default, just a
> customization option.</span >
That is true. But my point is: where does this request for more options end?
ANd how will they behave. Do people want to remember the settings? Some do,
some don't.. A never ending discussion, I'm afraid.
However I do think that <a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_NEW "
title="NEW - Find Bar Ctrl+F (search of Cells in Calc): add Expert configuration option to set search for cell Values in stead of Formulas"
href="show_bug.cgi?id=102506">bug 102506</a> is harder to decide on.
<span class="quote">> 3. If you are seeking use case: Find toolbar can be docked on the bottom of
> a window. Whole word is practical in a big manuscript, when searching for
> words that often appear in other words (e.g., "sent" or "present" (but not
> "representation", "presentation", etc.) Or searching on names and wanting
> "Maxwell" but not "Maxwell's". At present, it is necessary and disruptive)
> to have to open a new dialog box to do this.</span >
Ctrl+H, <foo>, Enter, Enter, Esc isn't that disruptive..</pre>
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