Hello,
I understand what you mean. However, the current behavior of EmEditor is correct. The hidden line is only HIDDEN, and not DELETED. Therefore, when you do a search, EmEditor will do the search according to the real text. EmEditor will only skip hidden lines if the search term doesn’t begin with the visible lines, but once the visible portion matches, EmEditor will check the hidden text. If you really want to delete those lines, you should extract filtered text into another document (You can use the Extract All button in the Filter toolbar). The logic is similar to hidden text by Outline Guide. It is also similar to the result of “Compare” commands. After comparison, some lines are separated by blank lines, but the search will not consider them real blank lines.
If this contradicts any other behaviors of EmEditor, please let me know.
Thank you,