Find tool cant find photos

Question

I am trialing Lightroom 1.2 from Win XP Pro with all updates applied. If this matters, I have done both manual Metadata writes and auto-writes to my images. I am having a problem with the "Find" feature. Basically it can't reliably and consistently find anything. Specifically, if I give my photos numerical titles like 01234001, 01234002, 01234003, etc then try to find them by going to FIND, clicking the TEXT checkbox, selecting TITLE, then selecting RULE contains, contains all, or starts with, then type in my search criteria (lets say 012340001), I might get no results or sometimes the single picture with that title. If I search for 01234, I may get no results or usually only one or 2 results even if there are dozens of pictures that have a title beginning with 01234. I get similar odd behavior if I search using ANYWHERE rather than TITLE as my criteria, including finding photos that don't have 01234 anywhere in any Metadata (or at least none that I could find).
Anyone else having this issue? Any solutions?

Answer 1

> My opinion is that stacks should behave like stacks of paper on a desk.
So do I. When you have a stack of paper, and you want to search through that stack, what's the first step? You have to spread it out, "expand the stack" so to speak.
This makes sense to me intuitively. When you have a stack of prints on your desk, you can't see, search, or modify anything but the top one. The only thing the stack does all together is to move around (grab the stack, put it where you want it).
Let's consider some possibilities.
When you click a stack, and use the panel to add a keyword, should that keyword be applied to all images in the stack? I'd say no, but my observation of those around here indicates most would say yes.
When you click a stack, and use the metadata panel to change the filename, should all the images in the stack change to that filename? Again, I'd say no. You?
When you click a stack, and use the toolbar to change the rating, should all the images in the stack change to that rating? I'd say no, on the assumption you've stacked similar images with the best on top. You?
Let's say you've stacked similar images with the best on top, then gone through and rated your stacks. When you want to check to make sure you've rated all images you ask the filters to show you all un-rated images. Should the images beneath the rated images in the top of the stack show up? Again, I'd say no.
Last one. Lets say you get all your your stacks rated and you choose the best ones. You rename the top images to 001-132. If you select find and search within that folder for "076" in the file name. Should it find the stack with 076 on top? Of course - it's visible. Should it also find IMG_2076 inside one of the stacks?