Regex search doesn't work well with <input> text boxes
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Description
For example, regex search misbehaves on this page because of the <input> boxes.
This happens since window.find matches text in <input> boxes, but the box's contents aren't included in document.body.innerText, on which the actual Regex matching is done.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked reproduction page and compare window.find results with document.body.innerText when searching the input boxes. Then trace the regex search entry point that performs the matching. Done means regex searches handle text inside input elements consistently with the visible page content.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100