Neither, just type the characters in the outline view (in quick succession). I have a task whose name starts with "SSS" and it's impossible to find it that way. MLO keeps jumping among various tasks that start with "s".
On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 9:43 PM Joel <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you referring to the *search* (ctrl+F) or to the *filter* (ctrl+L) ? > > I tried both and could not recreate the problem. Search for "loo" and > found "lookup" among others immediately on the second "o". > > FYI I am on 5.1.2 beta so maybe this actually an issue and was addressed > already but not sure. I can't speak to that. > > On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 5:02:58 PM UTC-4 DanD wrote: > >> Among my many tasks, I have one called "Meet person X", and another one >> called "Learn one cool magic trick". The problem is that typing "mee" or >> "coo" does not set focus on these tasks, because the repeating letter >> causes the incremental search to stop. >> >> MLO 5.1.1. The issue was noticed as far back as 2014 >> <https://groups.google.com/g/mylifeorganized/c/rsBpUVql5dY/m/IgYqjsBFGDoJ>. >> It gets pretty bad if you have projects with codenames that contain >> repeating characters, or even "Get car papers from AAA", and you type >> "aaa", which is a pretty unique string - it won't find that task, and you >> know for sure it exists. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mylifeorganized/eI-Hh6nvpfI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/b7947dc7-126c-480c-9dde-150cc224c058n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/b7947dc7-126c-480c-9dde-150cc224c058n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/CAGhnvXb9ZfWj-L1oYgX%2BQu6HiSAcRugNkF_wMjfVW5B3Gy8TwQ%40mail.gmail.com.
