[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 129469] UI: Add customize option to find "Whole words only" to Find toolbar, as available from Find & Replace dialog

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129469

--- Comment #11 from Cor Nouws <cno@nouenoff.nl> ---
(In reply to sdc.blanco from comment #9)
> (In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #8)
> > Unless there is a very strong reason.
> 1. Original request comes from a naive user, who sees the possibility in
> Tools▸Customize to customize the Find Toolbar -- sees checkbox options for
> "Find All" and "Match Case" and wonders why "Words only" is not on the list.
> (was there a conscious decision to omit this option?)
I'm afraid not.
I remember issues with the length in some situations though.

> 2. Was never a proposal to make this universal or default, just a
> customization option.
That is true. But my point is: where does this request for more options end?
ANd how will they behave. Do people want to remember the settings? Some do,
some don't.. A never ending discussion, I'm afraid.

However I do think that bug 102506 is harder to decide on.

> 3. If you are seeking use case: Find toolbar can be docked on the bottom of
> a window. Whole word is practical in a big manuscript, when searching for
> words that often appear in other words (e.g., "sent" or "present" (but not
> "representation", "presentation", etc.) Or searching on names and wanting
> "Maxwell" but not "Maxwell's".  At present, it is necessary and disruptive)
> to have to open a new dialog box to do this.
Ctrl+H, <foo>, Enter, Enter, Esc  isn't that disruptive..

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