ATO adds wildcard search for substring precision
Add an asterisk to a query to switch from fuzzy matching to literal "contains" matching.
Fuzzy is forgiving. Quotes are strict. Wildcard search fills the gap between them.
ATO v1.9.0 adds an asterisk (*) operator: drop one into a query and search switches from fuzzy matching to literal substring — “contains” — matching.
insta*matches the contiguous substringinstaanywhere — Instagram, My Instagram Feed, even mid-word likebusinstall.- Position-independent:
insta*,*insta, and*insta*all mean the same thing (“contains insta”). - Case-insensitive, with every occurrence highlighted.
It’s the precision counterpart to fuzzy: it matches substrings exact mode rejects (burger* → hamburger), and rejects the scattered matches fuzzy accepts (gthb* finds nothing in “GitHub”).
Quotes still win — "insta*" is an exact whole-word search for a literal insta*. Unquoted, asterisk-free queries still use fuzzy search, and the placeholder now hints at the feature.
Related object: ATO — Advanced Tab Organizer.