Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/28555
Task: ubuntu gedit Status: Confirmed => Fix Released Comment: In fact that's the intended behaviour. That allow you to easily notice the stuff you were looking for. The Search menu has a "Clear Highlight" item for clearing the highlight. Feel free to argue upstream if you disagree with the feature -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs