regex search query fails to find features

[tguen]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Download data from the query:

rel(7709227);map_to_area;
way(area)[highway];
(._;>;);out meta;

2. Press ctrl+f, then type: name~Southwest

3. Run this query at overpass-turbo.eu and compare the results

rel(7709227);map_to_area;
way(area)[highway][name~Southwest];
out geom;

What is the expected result?

JOSM should select the same data that the latter query returns

What happens instead?

JOSM selects nothing

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if possible.

Relative:URL: ^/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2021-04-27 20:35:33 +0200 (Tue, 27 Apr 2021)
Revision:17833
Build-Date:2021-04-27 21:58:39
URL:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (17833 en) Linux Arch Linux
Memory Usage: 150 MB / 3984 MB (38 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 15.0.2+7, N/A, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
Look and Feel: javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
Screen: :0.0 2560×1440 (scaling 1.00×1.00)
Maximum Screen Size: 2560×1440
Best cursor sizes: 16×16→16×16, 32×32→32×32
Environment variable LANG: en_US.UTF-8
System property file.encoding: ANSI_X3.4-1968
System property sun.jnu.encoding: ANSI_X3.4-1968
Locale info: en_US
Numbers with default locale: 1234567890 -> 1234567890
Desktop environment: KDE
VM arguments: [-Djosm.restart=true, -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on]
Dataset consistency test: No problems found

[skyper]

If I get this right, you are searching for any object which has "Southwest" within name=*, am I right?

Following works for me with standard search syntax:

1. name:Southwest or
2. name~.*Southwest.*
   • note the proper regex

With the regular expression syntax name=.*Southwest.* give the proper result.

[tguen]

Yes, those both work for me. The problem is I assumed that JOSM uses the same flavor of regex as Overpass, i.e. "$Southwest " instead of "Southwest .*". That seems reasonable to me, especially because you can write Overpass queries in the download window, so there is different syntax used in different places. I don't see any indication that the search feature would work differently.

name:Southwest: I didn't know this syntax was an option. I see now that it's listed in the search window, but it's so cluttered that it's hard to read. I think it could benefit from a redesign, but I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions. UI design is not my strong point. The current search window doesn't feel right though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯