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Regex search doesn't highlight newlines #3261

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Regex search doesn't highlight newlines#3261
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opened on May 14, 2022

Description

Searching newlines \n using regex doesn't highlight the search results.

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  • Can you reproduce the issue?

Steps to reproduce

  1. Enter a multi-line text.
  2. Search using regex: \n

Expected behavior:

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Actual behavior:

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  • MarkText version: v0.17.1
  • Operating system: Linux x64

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  1. Jocs
    added
    🐛 bugSomething isn't working
    🪲 pri/lowSome low-priority bugs, such as styles, some bugs on non-primary features
    🔭 area/editor
    on May 16, 2026
  2. Jocs
    removed
    🪲 pri/lowSome low-priority bugs, such as styles, some bugs on non-primary features
    on Oct 7, 2026
  3. Jocs
    self-assigned this
    on Oct 7, 2026
  4. Jocs
    added 4 commits that reference this issue on Oct 7, 2026

    fix(muya): keep the newline search band out of the text flow (#3261)

    9a6e635

    fix(muya): give the line-break search band an explicit height (#3261)

    4cf74c3

    refactor(muya): make lineBreakHighlights a renderer mixin method (#3261)

    6449155

    fix(muya): highlight regexp newline search matches (#3261) (#5650)

    4d15c81
  5. Jocs
    closed this as completedin #5650on Oct 8, 2026
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