editor::SelectNext and editor::SelectPrevious behaviour inconsistent #27258
Description
Summary
editor::SelectNext only searches for next occurrences, where the occurrence is a whole word. editor::SelectPrevious allows occurrences which are subwords too.
In a state like this (syntax the same as in gpui tests):
«abcˇ»
abcdef
abc
invoking editor::SelectNext will skip the abcdef and result in.
«abcˇ»
abcdef
«abcˇ»
On the other hand, when in a state like this
abc
abcdef
«abcˇ»
invoking editor::SelectPrevious will not skip the abcdef and will result in
abc
«abcˇ»def
«abcˇ»
test_select_next and test_select_previous_with_single_selection seem to suggest this is intended behaviour, is that so? If so, is there a documented justification for the inconsistency? Could we add an option to both the editor actions that would allow to choose whether to require full-word matches?
As they only delegate to the editor actions, their vim counterparts have the same inconsistency.
Zed Version and System Specs
Zed: v0.179.1 (Zed Preview)
OS: macOS 15.3.2
Memory: 32 GiB
Architecture: aarch64