Finding titles within compound clips

I didn't realize, until today, that the Timeline Index won't show any objects (eg titles), if they're inside compound clips on your timeline...
Unless you open the compound clip - explicitly.
I realize that a compound clip, is sort of like a "mini project" but this seems strangely inconvenient.
I was using the Timeline Index today, to quickly find the "one" title I had - since I was heavily zoomed in & didn't want to scroll to find it... But I couldn't find it. Little did I know, if it's in a compound clip - it's "out of bounds".
Finding stuff using the Timeline Index can be important. So This would seem to me, a good reason to try not use compound clips at all.
Should I be thinking differently about this?
Obviously "feedback" is about to be submitted, but I'd be interested in any thoughts about this.

Hisham,
Yes, though I'm looking for a single title (there's only one and I know it), in my video.
I can't put keywords on titles.
And this is exactly what the Timeline Index is for, given it has a "Titles" tab.
So, that it doesn't work within compound clips, still just seems like a mistake/anomaly, to me.
I won't stop using compound clips because of it, but in simple projects, I will take care to avoid them - since it divides my simple project into a Timeline that is basically "not indexable" - as per the features in the "Timeline Index"

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