Spotlight in "Open Dialog" fail to find "Numbers" file

Hi,
when i use the spotlight search tool inside the open dialog box from Numbers it seem to be unable to find "Numbers file".
Let say I have 4 files on my Hard Drive :
- FileName1.xls
- FileName1.Numbers
- FileName2.xls
- FileName2.Numbers
If I type "FileName" in Finder > Spotlight It get all the 4 files.
If I type "FileName" in Numbers > Open Dialog > Spotlight it get :
- FileName1.xls
- FileName2.xls
Either I check or not different search options (filename / content / Start / My iMac ...)
Any idea what's wrong ?
Thank you.

Bonjour,
Concernant votre dernier message :
oui, j'ai vu votre capture. C'est du Page, pas du Numbers :-) une différence serait possible, mais lire la suite ci-dessous...
La corruption d'index est une piste. Mais comme Spotlight trouve mes fichiers dans d'autres conditions, cela indiquerait un Index correct. Toutefois, ce point est très technique et je ne ferrais aucun pari sur la "mécanique" d'Index Spotlight. J'ai donc utilisé l'outils recommandé dans la discussion donnée en lien (je n'aime pas trop l'idée qu'un outil tiers bidouille les entrailles de l'OS d'Apple, mais bon). Apparemment l`'outils détruit l'index et Spotlight se met au travail et ré-index le disque.
Mais cela n'a rien changé.
j'aimerais approfondire un peu si vous le coulez bien. Avec 37 805 points vous devez avoir quelques ressources en réserves ;-)
Appelons ça le "bogue" ; même s'il peut s'agir d'un problème de paramètre quelconque modifié maladroitement dans mes préférences systèmes ... En explorant différentes pistes et en vous les soumettant je peux peut être vous mettre sur la voix d'une solution qui ne vous vient pas immédiatement à l'esprit car très spécifique à mon cas particulier.
Nous sommes d'accord sur ce point : la recherche dans Numbers > Ouvrir est une implémentation de Spotlight. Manifestement cette implémentation est pleines d'options et présente des différences significatives avec le Bureau.
Exemple 1 :
Dans Finder la recherche par type > autre est un champ vide.
Dans Numbers la recherche par type > autre est une liste de choix.
Il semble que Spotlight dans Numbers ne prennent en considération que les fichiers que Numbers peut ouvrir. Et pour cela il se base sur l'extension. Et le bogue fait penser que les développeurs auraient oublié l'extension ".numbers" !
------------ EDIT
J'ai effacé tout une série de tests tant la découverte finale est la plus importante ...
En modifiant l'extension d'une application en .numbers elle est apparue dans ma fenêtre Numbers !
J'en conclu que "mon" Numbers n'affiche via spotlight QUE les fichiers portant une extension compatible (xls, cwk, txt) ET que le fichier est de type "binaire / app / ???".
L'erreur serait sur ce dernier aspect : les fichiers numbers ne sont PAS des fichiers "binaire / app".
Ou orienter les recherches, puisque, manifestement, ça marche sur votre Mac ?
Merci d'avoir étudier cette longue réponse.
--Edit
Numbers trouve les .php (des fichiers text assimilable à des executables) mais ils sont grisés donc impossible de les ouvrir.
Là je dis, ça devient du n'importe quoi .... :-(

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