Thread: Validating a boolean search
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Old 10-26-2020, 03:11 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats View Post
I requested some sort of syntax highlighting for the search box, but it wasn't possible due to limitations of Qt.

When modifying very convoluted search queries, is there someplace I can put it in and test whether there's no mistakes with the syntax and hopefully point out where I missed a bracket or something? Lots of "crap, why did it turn red?" after modifying a saved search. Even more difficult when the search is four-five times the length of the input box.

Have you tried Regex101.com's regex tester/debugger?
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