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Highlight matches in filtered tables

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
electron, typescript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Locate the filtered-table rendering and the code that applies the filter text to cell strings. Confirm how matches are identified, then make the matching portion visibly highlighted; done means filtered table values clearly show the matching substring.

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Description

enhancement

Highlight the part of the string that matches the filter text to make it easier to tell where the match happened.

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TypeScript
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