Bug 375552

Summary:	Search in files does not show results when search string ends with parenthese
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kio-extras	Reporter:	Teunizz <teuniz>
Component:	default	Assignee:	Plasma Development Mailing List <plasma-devel>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version First Reported In:	5.8.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Teunizz 2017-01-25 16:02:13 UTC

I have a directory with some source files. A couple of files contains
function headers like "filter(int)".

In Dolphin, I press Ctrl-f, select "content", "From Here ...",
and enter: filter(

No results. When I enter: filter

it shows a list of files that contains the search string.

Comment 1 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-01-25 18:39:26 UTC

That's because the filenamesearch ioslave uses regular expressions.
If you type "filter\(" (without quotes) you will see the expected list of files.

This is not user-friendly, indeed. We could add an additional query item to the filenamesearch URL that tells the ioslave whether the user wants to use regexes.

Re-assigning to kio-extras for now, even though we'll also need a "Use regex" checkbox or toolbutton on the Dolphin side.