https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444294
Bug ID: 444294
Summary: Regex search makes search results look unreliable
Product: Elisa
Version: 21.08.2
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: matthieu_gall...@yahoo.fr
Reporter: xnagyti...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 142803
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SUMMARY
Elisa currently uses regex search in all of its search boxes. This behavior is
undiscoverable, not documented anywhere and the Elisa's interface doesn't
suggest in any way that regex search is taking place during search. By the
result of this most people expecting plaintext search could end receiving flaky
search results.
See the attached screenshot for an example. In this example I was searching for
a video game music track containing "(Event 1)" in its title. Elisa
misinterpreted this search term as a regex capturing group, and returned every
track containing "Event 1". Notice the missing braces. Yeah, the braces can be
escaped to get the right results, but it's cumbersome and you could't expect
non-technical users to understand why this is needed.
EXPECTED RESULT
Default to plaintext search. Have an opt-in option for regex search through
settings, or a regex toggle button next to the search box.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.23
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.87.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
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