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Regex in Search bar?
Henk_de_Vlaam
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Just to be sure before posting an IR:
Is it possible to use regular expr. in the search bar?
Is it possible to use regular expr. in the search bar?
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Which search bar are you meaning?0
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@MBartlett21,
I mean the main search bar on top of the Onshape screen, right of the Onshape logo.
Example: search all objects with ".drw" at the end of the name.
At this moment the result is, all objects that contain ".drw" anywhere in the object name, so also when it is in the middle of that name. Normally one can use "*.drw", but in OS the '*' has no function.0 -
Ok, Can you create an Improvement request?0
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The correct link is: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/11376/regex-in-search-bar.Henk_de_V said:
Edit 20190321: https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/comment/51523/#Comment_51523.0 -
Do you need regular expressions or will globbing (? and *) be sufficient?John Rousseau / VP, Technical Operations / Onshape Inc.0
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@john_rousseau,
Globbing will make searching a lot better and will suffice for most cases, but with regex you will have all the search functionality without limitation.
However, I realize that most users will not use regex. So to start with, everyone will already be happy with globbing.0
