104046 - When using find/ replace it will find all words with the characters in it, needs to be able to find specific words.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 269442

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement)

Description

[TucsonTester1]

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BuildID:    20011009

When using find/ replace it will find all words with the characters in it, needs
to be able to find specific words. Ex: when searching the it will find they,
them, rather ext... there should be a filter for exact word.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.open document in composer
2.click on Edit> find/replace
3.Type in "the" in the search field, and click find next.

Actual Results:  it will find any word with "the" in it.

Expected Results:  Should be a filter so that "the" is the only word found.

Comment 1

[Greg K.]

It seems what you're requesting is an additional checkbox for the Find dialog
similar to that provided by BBEdit, "Match Entire Words."

Confirming as an RFE.

Comment 2

[kinmoz]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 14871 ***

Comment 3

[sujay]

verified