> I wanted to go to a TEMP directory, but there are a lot of
> directories that start TEMP and using the : to add an extension gives
> TEMP*.* with the cursor places after the dot, not TEMP.*.
>
> Is there a way to do an exact match in active spell search other than
> giving up and changing to using the prompted spell search when you are
> getting too many answers?

John

Reading the help file, probably not.


You would need Shift-Del in active spell searech to delete the current character to get rid of the "*" before the "."
You could raise a ZEP for that.


Note:
The help file needs an update to state that Shift-Backspace can be used in active mode to delete the character to the left of the cursor.



Other ways
1. Prompted spell search
Then the *.* can be deleted.


2. Directory mode
Navigate to the parent of TEMP
s[W]itch to Directory mode
[F]ilter TEMP
Enter into the "file" window
The highlight should be on TEMP
\
s[W]itch to File mode



3. Macros
If it's a common action for you, you could create a F12 macro.

Using the prefix from active spell search
|,DEL


Including the filter in the macro
|,CTRL_BKSP,TEMP,DEL

If you don't use macros for other things, then you can Alt-F12 to re-run the last mecro.


Ben