Fuzzy search doing a bad job of prioritizing search results #35572
Description
- VSCode Version: Code 1.16.1 (27492b6, 2017-09-14T16:24:39.530Z)
- OS Version: Darwin x64 16.6.0
- Extensions:
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| vscode-eslint | dba | 1.3.2 |
| prettier-vscode | esb | 0.24.0 |
| atom-keybindings | ms- | 3.0.2 |
| vscode-todo-highlight | way | 0.5.11 |
(1 theme extensions excluded)
Steps to Reproduce:
If you've got a large code base, the fuzzy search picks up too much noise and doesn't prioritize the sensible results.
For example, I have a file settings.html that's in a directory called participants. So I search for parti settings.
Here's what VSCode shows:
vs. Atom (with the file I'm after listed second):
This seems to have been an issue for a long time, but related issues have been closed without fixing it. e.g. #968
Reproduces without extensions: Yes