SUMMARY Can't find file called "+ test" STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. create new file in folder called "+ test" 2. search for "+" using CTRL+F 3. search for "test" instead OBSERVED RESULT file not found via 2 but found via 3 EXPECTED RESULT file always found SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: MacOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.55.0 Qt Version: 5.12.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I can confirm on my system. Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.57.0 Qt Version: 5.12.3
Confirmed on Dolphin from git master.
Still valid on git master.
I think this is normal. The search box uses regular expression search. If you want to search for text +, you can use the following format \+
I'm reopening this at Justin's request. While the behavior might be technically correct and working as designed, this is not a great UX. A regular user has no way of knowing about this limitation. Also, a regular user has the expectation that their search term will be treated as-is (aka as plain text). Other applications such as Kate, VS Code and Obsidian Notes have this behavior. Searches will be treated as plain text unless you enable regex mode. As such, we can make this report about improving the search UX to better align with user expectations and provide some flexibility with plain text vs regex searches.
cc'ing Aks who was discussing this in Matrix
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-extras/-/merge_requests/453
The pr has been merged, so this issue can be closed.