Comment 6 for bug 1845460

@Fabien
"If the search restarts after the end of the results, I agree that the user should be notified. ( A was thinking about a message panel, or a text in the GUI, maybe with a counter, like "Hits: 1/23" )."
I hold tweezer and soldering iron in my hands, and keep striking the Enter ("Find next" button has the focus). So after the last occurance a beep sound should be played and a modal messagebox with "Last occurance. Starting again from the first" text and with a single "OK" button should be displayed (to be dismissed with the next Enter).

"Could you explain the topological order you suggest ? (like "reference", "value", "non-component" ?)"

Please check attached video. 10k's in a row are shown in random order. The result array of a search should be sorted by anchor position (selectable XY or YX and maybe both coords ascending or descending), and displayed in order.

"I would like a counter of search occurrences, but I think it should not be using the BOM, as we can search for things that are not listed in the BOM. (we can for example search for silkscreens that are not related to components)"

Using BOM is only manual: I have BOM printed or onscreen, from where I know the amount of a particular component to solder. (e.g. 18pcs of 10k). Counter on the status line is for checking the progress ("I've done 10pcs, 8 more to go")