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Regex support for "Find" and "Find and Replace"
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Description
Can we get full support for regexes in the "Find" searchbar? The available patterns are not enough and I think it would be better if we could input our own regex
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Research direction
Start at the Find searchbar and the Find and Replace flow in the macOS editor. Determine how search patterns are currently handled and what regex behavior should cover both finding and replacement. Done means user-supplied regexes work consistently in both operations, with suitable validation and replacement behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, objective-c
- Domain
- desktop, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100