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I120070807-0010. 1. have a file with foobar in it 2. text search for "foo" 3. replace with "replace" ==> the preview is wrong: [foobar] ==> [replacebar] Expected: [foo]bar ==> [replace]bar [xyz] means xyz is highlighted.
That's a feature of the compare framework. They decided to show changes in by words and not by characters. It's the same when you edit one letter and do a compare with previous. Same in text compare and in Java compare.
I think user should have possibility to switch between word and letter compare level. It may be confusing to the user when the whole word is marked as changed, but from the other side I prefer word comparison then letter - I think it is closer to human nature ;).
Created attachment 76225 [details] The proposal "word vs letter" Or we can mark whole words but highlight the real change. Something like this on the attached image.
As Martin mentioned, that feature was on purpose. But anyway I think we can improve it. I'm changing the severity to enhancement.
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