The Search bar should have buttons at its right end, for toggling RegEx, global serach etc. As shown in the help text . I used to have these buttons but in my current 5.1 installation they are not present: [Capture] Any suggestions…? Or is this ss I should open a GitHub issue on?

You first have to enable autocomplete in the preferences, then when you enter a search term the options will be shown in the suggestion

Thanks for the hint. Now I can indeed toggle RegEx and case sensitivity, but I still cannot find the global search option (i.e. using all open tabs) [Untitled]

Hi, unfortunately the Global search feature is no longer avaiable. See the following issues for some details. Global search not available opened 05:59AM - 05 Jun 18 UTC (UTC) [koppor] koppor …

Thanks for clarifying. A few related points: Besides that, I find it a bit strange that Search settings are influenced by an Auto-completion checkbox in the “Entry editor” preferences. When auto-completion is checked, the Search becomes case sensitive by default. As long as what you enter in the…

Serach bar: where have the buttons gone?

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Siedlerchr (Christoph) June 20, 2020, 10:56am 6

@jhh Yes, please open a github issue with your points

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Serach bar: where have the buttons gone?

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