I tried to search for field:word and it works fine, but if part of the word is in bold, the search does not find it.
For example, if i have two cards:
If i search for field:word i only find the first card
Have you checked the HMTL view? I am guessing in your example in the card is actually wo<b>rd</b>. You could use regular expressions to filter that.
searching on fields requires an ‘exact match’ by default.
Anki is only able to search within formatting in the sort field you’ve configured. For example, if you add “ exa mple” to one of your fields, this will not be matched when searching for “example” unless that field is the sort field. If a word is not formatted, or the formatting does not change in the middle of the word, then Anki will be able to find it in any field.
I think the above may only apply to regular searches - single-field searches do not ignore formatting even if they are the sort field.
I searched for a fix around the web and i discovered this addon Search in formatted text in any fields - AnkiWeb that seems to fix the problem (but i still have to test it more).
Would it be possible to integrate this fix as a native solution? I don’t mind installing the addon and forgetting about it, but more addons means more possible incompatibilities, more problems to fix if an addon break with a new anki update, etc.
That change will mean notes consume more disk space, and I’m not ready to commit to that until I’ve had a chance to investigate full text searching in more detail.
Ok thank you.
Also, i tested the addon further and unfortunately it doesn’t work