Issue when searching a regular expression

[olivierfruchart]

JabRef version 3.5dev 2016-06-14 on Windows 10

In the search textbox if one types keywords="dzy", then I expect that entries are shown only if there is at least one keyword with this exact sequence. Instead, entries are also select, if one keyword contains a "z", another one a "d" and one with a "y". This behavior remains whetever the search options checked, regular expression on or off.

[Siedlerchr]

Hi, thanks for your report.
In the 3.4 release on Win7 it works accurate.
Having one entry with keyword dzy and other entries with keyword "d" and "z" and using your search terms it correctly displays only one result.

Did you check the Float/Filter Option in the Search?
It can either hide all other entries or just gray them out. Maybe this is the problem?

[olivierfruchart]

Hi, thanks for the feedback.
I finally found out the problem. Entries with a tag always appear at the top of the list in the 'float' mode, even if they do not fit the search. In the 'filter' mode they are not visible, which is more consistent. Thus it is not a bug but rather an annoying feature. In my view, tagged entries not fulfilling the search may appear first atop the grayed items, however not at the very top.

[matthiasgeiger]

Thanks for your feedback!
Yes, if the option "Float marked entries" is activated in the prefs ("Entry Table" tab) the entries are still floating even if they do not match the active search.

@simonharrer I think that @olivierfruchart is right: The marking entries should placed beneath the search hits. WDYT?

[simonharrer]

Yep, this seems to be a bug.

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