[SOLR-6836] highlighting doesn't formatting the snippet if there are more than 5 characters before the matching string

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.10.2
• Component/s: highlighter
• Labels: highlight

Environment

windows 7; tomcat 7

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gunter Wiedemer
• Created: 11/Dec/14 16:08
• Updated: 11/Dec/14 16:11

Description

the highlighter doesn't formatting the snippet if there are more than 5 characters before the matched part:

Search for "ting":

Highlighting section in the search result:

"8000":

{ "NAME": [ "<b>Floating</b>-rate preferred" ] }

,
"8300":

{ "NAME": [ "Inverse <b>floating</b> rate note" ] }

,
"8406":

{ "NAME": [ "Liquidating dividend" ] }

,
"8739":

{ "NAME": [ "<b>Operating</b> profit margin" ] }

,
"8802":

{ "NAME": [ "Participating fees" ] }

,

"floating" and "Operating" has a proper formatting, "Liquidating" and "Participating" not. At "floating" there are only 4 characters ("floa") before "ting" and the formatting is ok. In "Liquidating" the prefix before "ting" has 7 characters ("Liquida") the formatting is not ok. If I change the search string to "idat" I get a formatting for "Liquidating" too:

"8406":

{ "NAME": [ "<b>Liquidating</b> dividend" ] }

,