Unintuitive note search behavior

When searching for a string in a note, I would expect hitting Return/Enter to automatically jump to the next instance of that string (i.e. the same behavior as web browsers' cmd/ctrl+F: Enter moves to next instance; Shift + Enter moves to previous instance.)

In the current version, it seems that you need to mouse or tab over to the Next or Previous arrows to jump to the next hit. As far as I can tell, Return in the search field currently does nothing.

This becomes a problem in long notes (e.g. extracted annotations) since it's possible that your string wouldn't be visible without scrolling. No response when hitting enter suggests that the substring doesn't appear in the note, even when it does.

Thanks for considering!

Zotero 6.0.6 on macOS 12.3.1
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