If this is what I think it is:
(As a PI for the editor ?)
Sometimes I use Find: Just for manual Replace or Adds and it would be mice to have some of the added flexibility that The S&R in the Metadata editor has.
Find:
Leave the target: (tickbox) as the selection; cursor: before, after
(the current states is after and selected)
The reason for the tick is to guarantee deselection at arrival so you don't overwrite the target:
Find: Chapter
(I want to append) <space>Fourty-Two
Not accidentally wipe out 'Chapter' in the process