afaik that's not how it works. If you just start typing characters in the outline view it just jumps to the next instance of that character. So if you hit 's' three times you'll just bounce through the next three items starting with 's'. There is a filter function - ctrl + L - which filters the current tab/view and a Find funtion - ctrl + F - which will search globally in your .ml file. These both work as you expect.
On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 11:21:46 PM UTC-4 DanD wrote: > 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/c7dfdfb2-167e-4400-91fb-b55760ba152fn%40googlegroups.com.
