Keyword Search Capitalization
Keyword search wont find a keyword if the Capitalizations don't match. Is there a reason for that? It's annoying to miss a name in the keyword search if is capitalized in the search but the original keyword was not. Please change that if there is not a good reason for it.
Thanx.
Eric Blum
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I think there is a very good reason for it if Names are correctly capitalised. It is easy enough to include both options in a search when required. It would not be so easy to specify beneficial capitalisation in a search if there was no distinction.
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I’m trying to think of a time when a capitalization would be beneficial in a search. Can you give me an example of when it might matter?
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A simple one.
In England there is a City called "Bath". One may also have a bath installed in a bathroom or visit a swimming bath.
One might have something similar with names where, for example, differentiating a search for people whose names are also colours - Black, White, Brown, Green - using capitalisation could have benefits.
There are many examples well beyond these simple suggestions. The effects may be nuanced in different languages and where local usage standards may not offer the same options for differentiation.
It can also be quite powerful in the "contains" (or "does not contain") selection.
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Thanks for those helpful examples.
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I find this very annoying too. Either the search function should be case-insensitive by default or case-sensitivity should be optional.
Addition. Here's a request for an option to turn off case sensitivity.
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