Confusing wildcard search
when using a wildcard when searching for e.g. a file (Ctrl+Shift+N), I seem to get a confusing result set. The search result contains filenames with seemingly random placement of the searched letters. Is there a way to turn off this functionality in IntelliJ 11.1.2? I would like the search result actually honor the reg exp used?
Results in, among others:
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It's not random. In the navigate to class, file and symbol dialogs, IDEA allows for the use of shorthand to match the first characters in CamelCasedNames (so I can type ccn for that name) and snake_cased_names (so I can type scn for that name). This is typically very useful so you can quickly drill down to classes without needing to type as much. It is especially useful when you have a lot of classes that start with the same name, such as a project, module, or component name. For example, classes such as CustomerServiceFoo, CustomerServiceBar, CustoimerServiceDatabase, etc. In all cases, I can type 'CS' to sart my selection. Works fast.
In the example you show, the '*p' is matching the 'oq_up'. The 'so' then matches, via the snake case matching, the 'srv_order'. I recommend that you take a look at the help document: Help > Help Topics > IntelliJ IDEA Usage Guidelines > Navigating Through Source Code > Navigating to Class, File or Symbol Name (also available on the web at http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/navigating-to-class-file-or-symbol-by-name.html) for more information on the syntax that is used. It is also dicsussed in a couple of the "tip of the day" entries.
It does not use a RegEx. It uses just the wild character '*' and a couple of other special shorthand notations. Again, take a look at the help page I mention above.
I do not believe there is a setting to disable this. But I'm not 100% sure of that.
of course, I see that now. I use the CamelCaseSearch all the time myself, but I was not aware of the snake_case_search. Must be something introduced in version 10 or 11? My colleagues do not have the snake_case_search, so I guess there must be a setting somewhere... but where?
This matching was introduced in IDEA 10.5 (see http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/2011/04/shiftless-code-completion-and-navigation-in-intellij-idea-105/ for details). And there's no setting for it.
Doesn't the Case senstivite completion setting control this?
No, it controls only completion.
Nevermind, that isn't what that setting does.