Mmmm not really... below two examples of widely used software with complete search UI�� and used by millions of people (not even developers). They are TotalCommander and Notepad++, maybe we can learn something from them.

It's a matter of learning how to design a nice UI, not reducing the features or inventing something completely new.

Cheers,

Hern��n



2017-02-22 7:07 GMT-03:00 Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com>:
Martin's idea of sorting exact matches to the top should satisfy this
in practice,
without needing another checkbox.�� The less modes the better.

cheers -ben

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Hern��n Morales Durand
<hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is unfriendly. A Regex checkbox for the two people in the world who can
> memorize regular expression patterns...
>
> Wouldn't be easier to add a "Exact match" check box?
> There are also uppercase and lowercase issues there.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hern��n
>
>
> 2017-02-19 12:37 GMT-03:00 Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com>:
>>
>> You might tick Regexp and search for... now$
>> cheers -ben
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu>
>> wrote:
>> > Because 'now' is a case insensitive substring of each of those selectors
>> > (like ..known.. or ..nOwner.. , both seem quite common).
>> >
>> >> On 19 Feb 2017, at 12:20, Mark Neagu <mark@mneagu.fr> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi everybody,
>> >>
>> >> The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of
>> >> hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers.
>> >>
>> >> I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is
>> >> gentle enough to tell me.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Mark<Finder does strange things.jpg>
>> >
>> >
>>
>