https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158301
--- Comment #2 from ady <adylo811...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1) > Do you have a good example where the search term produces a list that is > hard to manage? Searching for "absol" returns 4 results, ABS, AVEDEV... > which are easy to grasp. > > I would add controls even such a checkbox only if absolutely necessary. Please read the original report/request, tdf#146781, in which _several_ comments indeed mention the request/possibility to make the descriptions' search *optional* and those include examples too. So this request is not just mine; it was also part of the original tdf#146781. Now, if you demand from users to input the entire name of the function in the search box, then the resulting list will eventually shrink, but that doesn't mean that it is more convenient or more effective/efficient (for users) than it was before the new expanded search (that includes descriptions). Let's give one example as per your request (although the above paragraph describes the logic, which advance spreadsheet "builders/users" will clearly understand without the need of one specific example): 1_ Open the Function Wizard on an empty cell. 2_ Search for "la" (without quotation marks), aimed at the LARGE() function in Calc. * for LO 7.6 (and since 7.5), the resulting list includes dozens of functions (and LARGE() is far down the list, requiring either additional characters in the search box or scrolling down the list). * for LO 7.4, the resulting list shows 10 functions only, and LARGE() is already shown, without requiring additional characters in the search box nor scrolling down. I don't know how (only) one example would demonstrate the logic, because anyone could say "just type more characters"; but that's not the point. Searching the functions' descriptions helps newbies, but let's not make it harder (in comparison to the older/prior situation) for advance users that have been working with functions and the Wizard for years (or for decades). Let's complete the original request with the option / check box in the FW dialogue. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
