Improve issue & code search (#33860)

Each "indexer" should provide the "search modes" they support by
themselves. And we need to remove the "fuzzy" search for code.

31 files changed, 315 insertions, 170 deletions

diff --git a/modules/git/grep.go b/modules/git/grep.go
index c7ba862761..44ec6ca2be 100644
--- a/modules/git/grep.go
+++ b/modules/git/grep.go
@@ -23,11 +23,19 @@ type GrepResult struct {
 	LineCodes   []string
 }
 
+type GrepModeType string
+
+const (
+	GrepModeExact  GrepModeType = "exact"
+	GrepModeWords  GrepModeType = "words"
+	GrepModeRegexp GrepModeType = "regexp"
+)
+
 type GrepOptions struct {
 	RefName           string
 	MaxResultLimit    int
 	ContextLineNumber int
-	IsFuzzy           bool
+	GrepMode          GrepModeType
 	MaxLineLength     int // the maximum length of a line to parse, exceeding chars will be truncated
 	PathspecList      []string
 }
@@ -52,15 +60,23 @@ func GrepSearch(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, search string, opts GrepO
 	 2^@repo: go-gitea/gitea
 	*/
 	var results []*GrepResult
-	cmd := NewCommand("grep", "--null", "--break", "--heading", "--fixed-strings", "--line-number", "--ignore-case", "--full-name")
+	cmd := NewCommand("grep", "--null", "--break", "--heading", "--line-number", "--full-name")
 	cmd.AddOptionValues("--context", fmt.Sprint(opts.ContextLineNumber))
-	if opts.IsFuzzy {
+	if opts.GrepMode == GrepModeExact {
+		cmd.AddArguments("--fixed-strings")
+		cmd.AddOptionValues("-e", strings.TrimLeft(search, "-"))
+	} else if opts.GrepMode == GrepModeRegexp {
+		cmd.AddArguments("--perl-regexp")
+		cmd.AddOptionValues("-e", strings.TrimLeft(search, "-"))
+	} else /* words */ {
 		words := strings.Fields(search)
-		for _, word := range words {
+		cmd.AddArguments("--fixed-strings", "--ignore-case")
+		for i, word := range words {
 			cmd.AddOptionValues("-e", strings.TrimLeft(word, "-"))
+			if i < len(words)-1 {
+				cmd.AddOptionValues("--and")
+			}
 		}
-	} else {
-		cmd.AddOptionValues("-e", strings.TrimLeft(search, "-"))
 	}
 	cmd.AddDynamicArguments(util.IfZero(opts.RefName, "HEAD"))
 	cmd.AddDashesAndList(opts.PathspecList...)
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go b/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
index fdb7866145..52a934d4ff 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/bleve/bleve.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/charset"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/gitrepo"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	path_filter "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/bleve/token/path"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/internal"
 	indexer_internal "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
@@ -136,6 +137,10 @@ type Indexer struct {
 	indexer_internal.Indexer // do not composite inner_bleve.Indexer directly to avoid exposing too much
 }
 
+func (b *Indexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	return indexer.SearchModesExactWords()
+}
+
 // NewIndexer creates a new bleve local indexer
 func NewIndexer(indexDir string) *Indexer {
 	inner := inner_bleve.NewIndexer(indexDir, repoIndexerLatestVersion, generateBleveIndexMapping)
@@ -267,19 +272,18 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, opts *internal.SearchOptions) (int
 	pathQuery.FieldVal = "Filename"
 	pathQuery.SetBoost(10)
 
-	keywordAsPhrase, isPhrase := internal.ParseKeywordAsPhrase(opts.Keyword)
-	if isPhrase {
-		q := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(keywordAsPhrase)
+	if opts.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeExact {
+		q := bleve.NewMatchPhraseQuery(opts.Keyword)
 		q.FieldVal = "Content"
-		if opts.IsKeywordFuzzy {
-			q.Fuzziness = inner_bleve.GuessFuzzinessByKeyword(keywordAsPhrase)
-		}
 		contentQuery = q
-	} else {
+	} else /* words */ {
 		q := bleve.NewMatchQuery(opts.Keyword)
 		q.FieldVal = "Content"
-		if opts.IsKeywordFuzzy {
+		if opts.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeFuzzy {
+			// this logic doesn't seem right, it is only used to pass the test-case `Keyword:    "dESCRIPTION"`, which doesn't seem to be a real-life use-case.
 			q.Fuzziness = inner_bleve.GuessFuzzinessByKeyword(opts.Keyword)
+		} else {
+			q.Operator = query.MatchQueryOperatorAnd
 		}
 		contentQuery = q
 	}
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/modules/indexer/code/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index 9abece921e..354a8334fb 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/charset"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/gitrepo"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/internal"
 	indexer_internal "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
 	inner_elasticsearch "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal/elasticsearch"
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/typesniffer"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 
 	"github.com/go-enry/go-enry/v2"
 	"github.com/olivere/elastic/v7"
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ type Indexer struct {
 	indexer_internal.Indexer // do not composite inner_elasticsearch.Indexer directly to avoid exposing too much
 }
 
+func (b *Indexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	return indexer.SearchModesExactWords()
+}
+
 // NewIndexer creates a new elasticsearch indexer
 func NewIndexer(url, indexerName string) *Indexer {
 	inner := inner_elasticsearch.NewIndexer(url, indexerName, esRepoIndexerLatestVersion, defaultMapping)
@@ -361,15 +365,10 @@ func extractAggs(searchResult *elastic.SearchResult) []*internal.SearchResultLan
 // Search searches for codes and language stats by given conditions.
 func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, opts *internal.SearchOptions) (int64, []*internal.SearchResult, []*internal.SearchResultLanguages, error) {
 	var contentQuery elastic.Query
-	keywordAsPhrase, isPhrase := internal.ParseKeywordAsPhrase(opts.Keyword)
-	if isPhrase {
-		contentQuery = elastic.NewMatchPhraseQuery("content", keywordAsPhrase)
-	} else {
-		// TODO: this is the old logic, but not really using "fuzziness"
-		// * IsKeywordFuzzy=true: "best_fields"
-		// * IsKeywordFuzzy=false: "phrase_prefix"
-		contentQuery = elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery("content", opts.Keyword).
-			Type(util.Iif(opts.IsKeywordFuzzy, esMultiMatchTypeBestFields, esMultiMatchTypePhrasePrefix))
+	if opts.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeExact {
+		contentQuery = elastic.NewMatchPhraseQuery("content", opts.Keyword)
+	} else /* words */ {
+		contentQuery = elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery("content", opts.Keyword).Type(esMultiMatchTypeBestFields).Operator("and")
 	}
 	kwQuery := elastic.NewBoolQuery().Should(
 		contentQuery,
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/gitgrep/gitgrep.go b/modules/indexer/code/gitgrep/gitgrep.go
index a85c9d02a5..093c189ba3 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/gitgrep/gitgrep.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/gitgrep/gitgrep.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	code_indexer "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 )
@@ -23,11 +24,16 @@ func indexSettingToGitGrepPathspecList() (list []string) {
 	return list
 }
 
-func PerformSearch(ctx context.Context, page int, repoID int64, gitRepo *git.Repository, ref git.RefName, keyword string, isFuzzy bool) (searchResults []*code_indexer.Result, total int, err error) {
-	// TODO: it should also respect ParseKeywordAsPhrase and clarify the "fuzzy" behavior
+func PerformSearch(ctx context.Context, page int, repoID int64, gitRepo *git.Repository, ref git.RefName, keyword string, searchMode indexer.SearchModeType) (searchResults []*code_indexer.Result, total int, err error) {
+	grepMode := git.GrepModeWords
+	if searchMode == indexer.SearchModeExact {
+		grepMode = git.GrepModeExact
+	} else if searchMode == indexer.SearchModeRegexp {
+		grepMode = git.GrepModeRegexp
+	}
 	res, err := git.GrepSearch(ctx, gitRepo, keyword, git.GrepOptions{
 		ContextLineNumber: 1,
-		IsFuzzy:           isFuzzy,
+		GrepMode:          grepMode,
 		RefName:           ref.String(),
 		PathspecList:      indexSettingToGitGrepPathspecList(),
 	})
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/indexer.go b/modules/indexer/code/indexer.go
index 38fd10dae7..6035ddfe95 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/indexer.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/indexer.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/bleve"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/elasticsearch"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/internal"
@@ -302,3 +303,11 @@ func populateRepoIndexer(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 	log.Info("Done (re)populating the repo indexer with existing repositories")
 }
+
+func SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	gi := globalIndexer.Load()
+	if gi == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return (*gi).SupportedSearchModes()
+}
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/indexer_test.go b/modules/indexer/code/indexer_test.go
index 43cf8ff254..96516166a0 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/indexer_test.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/indexer_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
+	indexer_module "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/bleve"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/elasticsearch"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code/internal"
@@ -39,10 +40,11 @@ func testIndexer(name string, t *testing.T, indexer internal.Indexer) {
 		assert.NoError(t, setupRepositoryIndexes(t.Context(), indexer))
 
 		keywords := []struct {
-			RepoIDs []int64
-			Keyword string
-			Langs   int
-			Results []codeSearchResult
+			RepoIDs    []int64
+			Keyword    string
+			Langs      int
+			SearchMode indexer_module.SearchModeType
+			Results    []codeSearchResult
 		}{
 			// Search for an exact match on the contents of a file
 			// This scenario yields a single result (the file README.md on the repo '1')
@@ -183,9 +185,10 @@ func testIndexer(name string, t *testing.T, indexer internal.Indexer) {
 			},
 			// Search for matches on the contents of files regardless of case.
 			{
-				RepoIDs: nil,
-				Keyword: "dESCRIPTION",
-				Langs:   1,
+				RepoIDs:    nil,
+				Keyword:    "dESCRIPTION",
+				Langs:      1,
+				SearchMode: indexer_module.SearchModeFuzzy,
 				Results: []codeSearchResult{
 					{
 						Filename: "README.md",
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ func testIndexer(name string, t *testing.T, indexer internal.Indexer) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			// Search for an exact match on the filename within the repo '62' (case insenstive).
+			// Search for an exact match on the filename within the repo '62' (case-insensitive).
 			// This scenario yields a single result (the file avocado.md on the repo '62')
 			{
 				RepoIDs: []int64{62},
@@ -206,7 +209,7 @@ func testIndexer(name string, t *testing.T, indexer internal.Indexer) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			// Search for matches on the contents of files when the criteria is a expression.
+			// Search for matches on the contents of files when the criteria are an expression.
 			{
 				RepoIDs: []int64{62},
 				Keyword: "console.log",
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ func testIndexer(name string, t *testing.T, indexer internal.Indexer) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			// Search for matches on the contents of files when the criteria is part of a expression.
+			// Search for matches on the contents of files when the criteria are parts of an expression.
 			{
 				RepoIDs: []int64{62},
 				Keyword: "log",
@@ -235,16 +238,16 @@ func testIndexer(name string, t *testing.T, indexer internal.Indexer) {
 		for _, kw := range keywords {
 			t.Run(kw.Keyword, func(t *testing.T) {
 				total, res, langs, err := indexer.Search(t.Context(), &internal.SearchOptions{
-					RepoIDs: kw.RepoIDs,
-					Keyword: kw.Keyword,
+					RepoIDs:    kw.RepoIDs,
+					Keyword:    kw.Keyword,
+					SearchMode: kw.SearchMode,
 					Paginator: &db.ListOptions{
 						Page:     1,
 						PageSize: 10,
 					},
-					IsKeywordFuzzy: true,
 				})
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.Len(t, langs, kw.Langs)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Len(t, langs, kw.Langs)
 
 				hits := make([]codeSearchResult, 0, len(res))
 
@@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ func TestBleveIndexAndSearch(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := idx.Init(t.Context())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	testIndexer("beleve", t, idx)
+	testIndexer("bleve", t, idx)
 }
 
 func TestESIndexAndSearch(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/internal/indexer.go b/modules/indexer/code/internal/indexer.go
index c259fcd26e..6c9a8af635 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/internal/indexer.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/internal/indexer.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ type Indexer interface {
 	Index(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, sha string, changes *RepoChanges) error
 	Delete(ctx context.Context, repoID int64) error
 	Search(ctx context.Context, opts *SearchOptions) (int64, []*SearchResult, []*SearchResultLanguages, error)
+	SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode
 }
 
 type SearchOptions struct {
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ type SearchOptions struct {
 	Keyword  string
 	Language string
 
-	IsKeywordFuzzy bool
+	SearchMode indexer.SearchModeType
 
 	db.Paginator
 }
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ type dummyIndexer struct {
 	internal.Indexer
 }
 
+func (d *dummyIndexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *dummyIndexer) Index(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, sha string, changes *RepoChanges) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("indexer is not ready")
 }
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/internal/util.go b/modules/indexer/code/internal/util.go
index 46e631166d..fa958be473 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/internal/util.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/internal/util.go
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 )
 
-const (
-	filenameMatchNumberOfLines = 7 // Copied from github search
-)
+const filenameMatchNumberOfLines = 7 // Copied from GitHub search
 
 func FilenameIndexerID(repoID int64, filename string) string {
 	return internal.Base36(repoID) + "_" + filename
@@ -48,11 +46,3 @@ func FilenameMatchIndexPos(content string) (int, int) {
 	}
 	return 0, len(content)
 }
-
-func ParseKeywordAsPhrase(keyword string) (string, bool) {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(keyword, `"`) && strings.HasSuffix(keyword, `"`) && len(keyword) > 1 {
-		// only remove the prefix and suffix quotes, no need to decode the content at the moment
-		return keyword[1 : len(keyword)-1], true
-	}
-	return "", false
-}
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/internal/util_test.go b/modules/indexer/code/internal/util_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 457936296b..0000000000
--- a/modules/indexer/code/internal/util_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2025 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package internal
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-func TestParseKeywordAsPhrase(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		keyword  string
-		phrase   string
-		isPhrase bool
-	}{
-		{``, "", false},
-		{`a`, "", false},
-		{`"`, "", false},
-		{`"a`, "", false},
-		{`"a"`, "a", true},
-		{`""\"""`, `"\""`, true},
-	}
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		phrase, isPhrase := ParseKeywordAsPhrase(c.keyword)
-		assert.Equal(t, c.phrase, phrase, "keyword=%q", c.keyword)
-		assert.Equal(t, c.isPhrase, isPhrase, "keyword=%q", c.keyword)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/modules/indexer/code/search.go b/modules/indexer/code/search.go
index 74c957dde6..e37aff8e59 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/code/search.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/code/search.go
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ func searchResult(result *internal.SearchResult, startIndex, endIndex int) (*Res
 }
 
 // PerformSearch perform a search on a repository
-// if isFuzzy is true set the Damerau-Levenshtein distance from 0 to 2
 func PerformSearch(ctx context.Context, opts *SearchOptions) (int, []*Result, []*SearchResultLanguages, error) {
 	if opts == nil || len(opts.Keyword) == 0 {
 		return 0, nil, nil, nil
diff --git a/modules/indexer/indexer.go b/modules/indexer/indexer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e0f81de89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/indexer/indexer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package indexer
+
+type SearchModeType string
+
+const (
+	SearchModeExact  SearchModeType = "exact"
+	SearchModeWords  SearchModeType = "words"
+	SearchModeFuzzy  SearchModeType = "fuzzy"
+	SearchModeRegexp SearchModeType = "regexp"
+)
+
+type SearchMode struct {
+	ModeValue    SearchModeType
+	TooltipTrKey string
+	TitleTrKey   string
+}
+
+func SearchModesExactWords() []SearchMode {
+	return []SearchMode{
+		{
+			ModeValue:    SearchModeExact,
+			TooltipTrKey: "search.exact_tooltip",
+			TitleTrKey:   "search.exact",
+		},
+		{
+			ModeValue:    SearchModeWords,
+			TooltipTrKey: "search.words_tooltip",
+			TitleTrKey:   "search.words",
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func SearchModesExactWordsFuzzy() []SearchMode {
+	return append(SearchModesExactWords(), []SearchMode{
+		{
+			ModeValue:    SearchModeFuzzy,
+			TooltipTrKey: "search.fuzzy_tooltip",
+			TitleTrKey:   "search.fuzzy",
+		},
+	}...)
+}
+
+func GitGrepSupportedSearchModes() []SearchMode {
+	return append(SearchModesExactWords(), []SearchMode{
+		{
+			ModeValue:    SearchModeRegexp,
+			TooltipTrKey: "search.regexp_tooltip",
+			TitleTrKey:   "search.regexp",
+		},
+	}...)
+}
diff --git a/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go b/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
index 1b18ca1a77..8895ae2c64 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/internal/bleve/query.go
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ func MatchPhraseQuery(matchPhrase, field, analyzer string, fuzziness int) *query
 	return q
 }
 
+// MatchAndQuery generates a match query for the given phrase, field and analyzer
+func MatchAndQuery(matchPhrase, field, analyzer string, fuzziness int) *query.MatchQuery {
+	q := bleve.NewMatchQuery(matchPhrase)
+	q.FieldVal = field
+	q.Analyzer = analyzer
+	q.Fuzziness = fuzziness
+	q.Operator = query.MatchQueryOperatorAnd
+	return q
+}
+
 // BoolFieldQuery generates a bool field query for the given value and field
 func BoolFieldQuery(value bool, field string) *query.BoolFieldQuery {
 	q := bleve.NewBoolFieldQuery(value)
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go b/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
index bf51bd6c14..e778df86c1 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/bleve/bleve.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package bleve
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	indexer_internal "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
 	inner_bleve "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal/bleve"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues/internal"
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ type Indexer struct {
 	indexer_internal.Indexer // do not composite inner_bleve.Indexer directly to avoid exposing too much
 }
 
+func (b *Indexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	return indexer.SearchModesExactWordsFuzzy()
+}
+
 // NewIndexer creates a new bleve local indexer
 func NewIndexer(indexDir string) *Indexer {
 	inner := inner_bleve.NewIndexer(indexDir, issueIndexerLatestVersion, generateIssueIndexMapping)
@@ -157,16 +162,23 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (
 	var queries []query.Query
 
 	if options.Keyword != "" {
-		fuzziness := 0
-		if options.IsFuzzyKeyword {
-			fuzziness = inner_bleve.GuessFuzzinessByKeyword(options.Keyword)
+		if options.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeWords || options.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeFuzzy {
+			fuzziness := 0
+			if options.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeFuzzy {
+				fuzziness = inner_bleve.GuessFuzzinessByKeyword(options.Keyword)
+			}
+			queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
+				inner_bleve.MatchAndQuery(options.Keyword, "title", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
+				inner_bleve.MatchAndQuery(options.Keyword, "content", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
+				inner_bleve.MatchAndQuery(options.Keyword, "comments", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
+			}...))
+		} else /* exact */ {
+			queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
+				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "title", issueIndexerAnalyzer, 0),
+				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "content", issueIndexerAnalyzer, 0),
+				inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "comments", issueIndexerAnalyzer, 0),
+			}...))
 		}
-
-		queries = append(queries, bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery([]query.Query{
-			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "title", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
-			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "content", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
-			inner_bleve.MatchPhraseQuery(options.Keyword, "comments", issueIndexerAnalyzer, fuzziness),
-		}...))
 	}
 
 	if len(options.RepoIDs) > 0 || options.AllPublic {
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/db/db.go b/modules/indexer/issues/db/db.go
index 6c9cfcf670..493f6dd0b0 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/db/db.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/db/db.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
 	issue_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/issues"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	indexer_internal "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
 	inner_db "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal/db"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues/internal"
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ type Indexer struct {
 	indexer_internal.Indexer
 }
 
+func (i *Indexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	return indexer.SearchModesExactWords()
+}
+
 func NewIndexer() *Indexer {
 	return &Indexer{
 		Indexer: &inner_db.Indexer{},
@@ -38,6 +44,26 @@ func (i *Indexer) Delete(_ context.Context, _ ...int64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func buildMatchQuery(mode indexer.SearchModeType, colName, keyword string) builder.Cond {
+	if mode == indexer.SearchModeExact {
+		return db.BuildCaseInsensitiveLike("issue.name", keyword)
+	}
+
+	// match words
+	cond := builder.NewCond()
+	fields := strings.Fields(keyword)
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		return builder.Expr("1=1")
+	}
+	for _, field := range fields {
+		if field == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		cond = cond.And(db.BuildCaseInsensitiveLike(colName, field))
+	}
+	return cond
+}
+
 // Search searches for issues
 func (i *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (*internal.SearchResult, error) {
 	// FIXME: I tried to avoid importing models here, but it seems to be impossible.
@@ -60,14 +86,14 @@ func (i *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (
 		subQuery := builder.Select("id").From("issue").Where(repoCond)
 
 		cond = builder.Or(
-			db.BuildCaseInsensitiveLike("issue.name", options.Keyword),
-			db.BuildCaseInsensitiveLike("issue.content", options.Keyword),
+			buildMatchQuery(options.SearchMode, "issue.name", options.Keyword),
+			buildMatchQuery(options.SearchMode, "issue.content", options.Keyword),
 			builder.In("issue.id", builder.Select("issue_id").
 				From("comment").
 				Where(builder.And(
 					builder.Eq{"type": issue_model.CommentTypeComment},
 					builder.In("issue_id", subQuery),
-					db.BuildCaseInsensitiveLike("content", options.Keyword),
+					buildMatchQuery(options.SearchMode, "content", options.Keyword),
 				)),
 			),
 		)
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go b/modules/indexer/issues/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
index 4c293f3f2a..2e4e172540 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	indexer_internal "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
 	inner_elasticsearch "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal/elasticsearch"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues/internal"
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ type Indexer struct {
 	indexer_internal.Indexer // do not composite inner_elasticsearch.Indexer directly to avoid exposing too much
 }
 
+func (b *Indexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	// TODO: es supports fuzzy search, but our code doesn't at the moment, and actually the default fuzziness is already "AUTO"
+	return indexer.SearchModesExactWords()
+}
+
 // NewIndexer creates a new elasticsearch indexer
 func NewIndexer(url, indexerName string) *Indexer {
 	inner := inner_elasticsearch.NewIndexer(url, indexerName, issueIndexerLatestVersion, defaultMapping)
@@ -146,12 +152,11 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (
 	query := elastic.NewBoolQuery()
 
 	if options.Keyword != "" {
-		searchType := esMultiMatchTypePhrasePrefix
-		if options.IsFuzzyKeyword {
-			searchType = esMultiMatchTypeBestFields
+		if options.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeExact {
+			query.Must(elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery(options.Keyword, "title", "content", "comments").Type(esMultiMatchTypePhrasePrefix))
+		} else /* words */ {
+			query.Must(elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery(options.Keyword, "title", "content", "comments").Type(esMultiMatchTypeBestFields).Operator("and"))
 		}
-
-		query.Must(elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery(options.Keyword, "title", "content", "comments").Type(searchType))
 	}
 
 	if len(options.RepoIDs) > 0 {
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/indexer.go b/modules/indexer/issues/indexer.go
index c82dc0867e..a712efbc8b 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/indexer.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/indexer.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	db_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues/bleve"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues/db"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues/elasticsearch"
@@ -313,3 +314,11 @@ func CountIssues(ctx context.Context, opts *SearchOptions) (int64, error) {
 	_, total, err := SearchIssues(ctx, opts)
 	return total, err
 }
+
+func SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	gi := globalIndexer.Load()
+	if gi == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return (*gi).SupportedSearchModes()
+}
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/internal/indexer.go b/modules/indexer/issues/internal/indexer.go
index 95740bc598..415f442d0c 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/internal/indexer.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/internal/indexer.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
 )
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ type Indexer interface {
 	Index(ctx context.Context, issue ...*IndexerData) error
 	Delete(ctx context.Context, ids ...int64) error
 	Search(ctx context.Context, options *SearchOptions) (*SearchResult, error)
+	SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode
 }
 
 // NewDummyIndexer returns a dummy indexer
@@ -29,6 +31,10 @@ type dummyIndexer struct {
 	internal.Indexer
 }
 
+func (d *dummyIndexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *dummyIndexer) Index(_ context.Context, _ ...*IndexerData) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("indexer is not ready")
 }
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go b/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go
index 09dcbf4804..976e2d696b 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/internal/model.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/optional"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
 )
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ type SearchResult struct {
 type SearchOptions struct {
 	Keyword string // keyword to search
 
-	IsFuzzyKeyword bool // if false the levenshtein distance is 0
+	SearchMode indexer.SearchModeType
 
 	RepoIDs   []int64 // repository IDs which the issues belong to
 	AllPublic bool    // if include all public repositories
diff --git a/modules/indexer/issues/meilisearch/meilisearch.go b/modules/indexer/issues/meilisearch/meilisearch.go
index 1066e96272..a1746f5954 100644
--- a/modules/indexer/issues/meilisearch/meilisearch.go
+++ b/modules/indexer/issues/meilisearch/meilisearch.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	indexer_internal "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal"
 	inner_meilisearch "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/internal/meilisearch"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues/internal"
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ type Indexer struct {
 	indexer_internal.Indexer // do not composite inner_meilisearch.Indexer directly to avoid exposing too much
 }
 
+func (b *Indexer) SupportedSearchModes() []indexer.SearchMode {
+	return indexer.SearchModesExactWords()
+}
+
 // NewIndexer creates a new meilisearch indexer
 func NewIndexer(url, apiKey, indexerName string) *Indexer {
 	settings := &meilisearch.Settings{
@@ -230,9 +235,8 @@ func (b *Indexer) Search(ctx context.Context, options *internal.SearchOptions) (
 		limit = 1
 	}
 
-	keyword := options.Keyword
-	if !options.IsFuzzyKeyword {
-		// to make it non fuzzy ("typo tolerance" in meilisearch terms), we have to quote the keyword(s)
+	keyword := options.Keyword // default to match "words"
+	if options.SearchMode == indexer.SearchModeExact {
 		// https://www.meilisearch.com/docs/reference/api/search#phrase-search
 		keyword = doubleQuoteKeyword(keyword)
 	}
diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 2f13c1a19c..036f8e5389 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ search = Search...
 type_tooltip = Search type
 fuzzy = Fuzzy
 fuzzy_tooltip = Include results that also match the search term closely
+words = Words
+words_tooltip = Include only results that match the search term words
+regexp = Regexp
+regexp_tooltip = Include only results that match the regexp search term
 exact = Exact
 exact_tooltip = Include only results that match the exact search term
 repo_kind = Search repos...
diff --git a/routers/common/codesearch.go b/routers/common/codesearch.go
index 7cd01068b0..9bec448d7e 100644
--- a/routers/common/codesearch.go
+++ b/routers/common/codesearch.go
@@ -4,36 +4,30 @@
 package common
 
 import (
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
+	code_indexer "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/code"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/services/context"
 )
 
 func PrepareCodeSearch(ctx *context.Context) (ret struct {
-	Keyword  string
-	Language string
-	IsFuzzy  bool
+	Keyword    string
+	Language   string
+	SearchMode indexer.SearchModeType
 },
 ) {
 	ret.Language = ctx.FormTrim("l")
 	ret.Keyword = ctx.FormTrim("q")
+	ret.SearchMode = indexer.SearchModeType(ctx.FormTrim("search_mode"))
 
-	fuzzyDefault := setting.Indexer.RepoIndexerEnabled
-	fuzzyAllow := true
-	if setting.Indexer.RepoType == "bleve" && setting.Indexer.TypeBleveMaxFuzzniess == 0 {
-		fuzzyDefault = false
-		fuzzyAllow = false
-	}
-	isFuzzy := ctx.FormOptionalBool("fuzzy").ValueOrDefault(fuzzyDefault)
-	if isFuzzy && !fuzzyAllow {
-		ctx.Flash.Info("Fuzzy search is disabled by default due to performance reasons", true)
-		isFuzzy = false
-	}
-
-	ctx.Data["IsBleveFuzzyDisabled"] = true
 	ctx.Data["Keyword"] = ret.Keyword
 	ctx.Data["Language"] = ret.Language
-	ctx.Data["IsFuzzy"] = isFuzzy
-
+	ctx.Data["SelectedSearchMode"] = string(ret.SearchMode)
+	if setting.Indexer.RepoIndexerEnabled {
+		ctx.Data["SearchModes"] = code_indexer.SupportedSearchModes()
+	} else {
+		ctx.Data["SearchModes"] = indexer.GitGrepSupportedSearchModes()
+	}
 	ctx.Data["IsRepoIndexerEnabled"] = setting.Indexer.RepoIndexerEnabled
 	return ret
 }
diff --git a/routers/web/explore/code.go b/routers/web/explore/code.go
index ae5ff3db76..8f6518a4fc 100644
--- a/routers/web/explore/code.go
+++ b/routers/web/explore/code.go
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ func Code(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	if (len(repoIDs) > 0) || isAdmin {
 		total, searchResults, searchResultLanguages, err = code_indexer.PerformSearch(ctx, &code_indexer.SearchOptions{
-			RepoIDs:        repoIDs,
-			Keyword:        prepareSearch.Keyword,
-			IsKeywordFuzzy: prepareSearch.IsFuzzy,
-			Language:       prepareSearch.Language,
+			RepoIDs:    repoIDs,
+			Keyword:    prepareSearch.Keyword,
+			SearchMode: prepareSearch.SearchMode,
+			Language:   prepareSearch.Language,
 			Paginator: &db.ListOptions{
 				Page:     page,
 				PageSize: setting.UI.RepoSearchPagingNum,
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/search.go b/routers/web/repo/search.go
index ea40e64bbb..12216fc620 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/search.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/search.go
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ func Search(ctx *context.Context) {
 	if setting.Indexer.RepoIndexerEnabled {
 		var err error
 		total, searchResults, searchResultLanguages, err = code_indexer.PerformSearch(ctx, &code_indexer.SearchOptions{
-			RepoIDs:        []int64{ctx.Repo.Repository.ID},
-			Keyword:        prepareSearch.Keyword,
-			IsKeywordFuzzy: prepareSearch.IsFuzzy,
-			Language:       prepareSearch.Language,
+			RepoIDs:    []int64{ctx.Repo.Repository.ID},
+			Keyword:    prepareSearch.Keyword,
+			SearchMode: prepareSearch.SearchMode,
+			Language:   prepareSearch.Language,
 			Paginator: &db.ListOptions{
 				Page:     page,
 				PageSize: setting.UI.RepoSearchPagingNum,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func Search(ctx *context.Context) {
 		var err error
 		// ref should be default branch or the first existing branch
 		searchRef := git.RefNameFromBranch(ctx.Repo.Repository.DefaultBranch)
-		searchResults, total, err = gitgrep.PerformSearch(ctx, page, ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, searchRef, prepareSearch.Keyword, prepareSearch.IsFuzzy)
+		searchResults, total, err = gitgrep.PerformSearch(ctx, page, ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, searchRef, prepareSearch.Keyword, prepareSearch.SearchMode)
 		if err != nil {
 			ctx.ServerError("gitgrep.PerformSearch", err)
 			return
diff --git a/routers/web/user/code.go b/routers/web/user/code.go
index 665ce1a6a6..f9aa58b877 100644
--- a/routers/web/user/code.go
+++ b/routers/web/user/code.go
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ func CodeSearch(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	if len(repoIDs) > 0 {
 		total, searchResults, searchResultLanguages, err = code_indexer.PerformSearch(ctx, &code_indexer.SearchOptions{
-			RepoIDs:        repoIDs,
-			Keyword:        prepareSearch.Keyword,
-			IsKeywordFuzzy: prepareSearch.IsFuzzy,
-			Language:       prepareSearch.Language,
+			RepoIDs:    repoIDs,
+			Keyword:    prepareSearch.Keyword,
+			SearchMode: prepareSearch.SearchMode,
+			Language:   prepareSearch.Language,
 			Paginator: &db.ListOptions{
 				Page:     page,
 				PageSize: setting.UI.RepoSearchPagingNum,
diff --git a/routers/web/user/home.go b/routers/web/user/home.go
index dc78950cf2..8e030a62a2 100644
--- a/routers/web/user/home.go
+++ b/routers/web/user/home.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/container"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer"
 	issue_indexer "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/indexer/issues"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/markup/markdown"
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ func buildIssueOverview(ctx *context.Context, unitType unit.Type) {
 	ctx.Data["FilterAssigneeUsername"] = assigneeUsername
 	opts.AssigneeID = user.GetFilterUserIDByName(ctx, assigneeUsername)
 
-	isFuzzy := ctx.FormBool("fuzzy")
+	searchMode := ctx.FormString("search_mode")
 
 	// Search all repositories which
 	//
@@ -549,7 +550,9 @@ func buildIssueOverview(ctx *context.Context, unitType unit.Type) {
 	var issues issues_model.IssueList
 	{
 		issueIDs, _, err := issue_indexer.SearchIssues(ctx, issue_indexer.ToSearchOptions(keyword, opts).Copy(
-			func(o *issue_indexer.SearchOptions) { o.IsFuzzyKeyword = isFuzzy },
+			func(o *issue_indexer.SearchOptions) {
+				o.SearchMode = indexer.SearchModeType(searchMode)
+			},
 		))
 		if err != nil {
 			ctx.ServerError("issueIDsFromSearch", err)
@@ -578,7 +581,7 @@ func buildIssueOverview(ctx *context.Context, unitType unit.Type) {
 	// -------------------------------
 	issueStats, err := getUserIssueStats(ctx, ctxUser, filterMode, issue_indexer.ToSearchOptions(keyword, opts).Copy(
 		func(o *issue_indexer.SearchOptions) {
-			o.IsFuzzyKeyword = isFuzzy
+			o.SearchMode = indexer.SearchModeType(searchMode)
 		},
 	))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -633,7 +636,8 @@ func buildIssueOverview(ctx *context.Context, unitType unit.Type) {
 	ctx.Data["ViewType"] = viewType
 	ctx.Data["SortType"] = sortType
 	ctx.Data["IsShowClosed"] = isShowClosed
-	ctx.Data["IsFuzzy"] = isFuzzy
+	ctx.Data["SearchModes"] = issue_indexer.SupportedSearchModes()
+	ctx.Data["SelectedSearchMode"] = ctx.FormTrim("search_mode")
 
 	if isShowClosed {
 		ctx.Data["State"] = "closed"
diff --git a/templates/shared/search/code/results.tmpl b/templates/shared/search/code/results.tmpl
index 6877efe486..8a08f5c25c 100644
--- a/templates/shared/search/code/results.tmpl
+++ b/templates/shared/search/code/results.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="flex-text-block tw-flex-wrap">
 	{{range $term := .SearchResultLanguages}}
 	<a class="ui {{if eq $.Language $term.Language}}primary{{end}} basic label tw-m-0"
-		href="?q={{$.Keyword}}{{if ne $.Language $term.Language}}&l={{$term.Language}}{{end}}&fuzzy={{$.IsFuzzy}}">
+		href="?q={{$.Keyword}}{{if ne $.Language $term.Language}}&l={{$term.Language}}{{end}}&search_mode={{$.SelectedSearchMode}}">
 		<i class="color-icon tw-mr-2" style="background-color: {{$term.Color}}"></i>
 		{{$term.Language}}
 		<div class="detail">{{$term.Count}}</div>
diff --git a/templates/shared/search/code/search.tmpl b/templates/shared/search/code/search.tmpl
index dde45c0fbf..2041213e19 100644
--- a/templates/shared/search/code/search.tmpl
+++ b/templates/shared/search/code/search.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 <form class="ui form ignore-dirty">
-	{{template "shared/search/combo_fuzzy" dict "Value" .Keyword "Disabled" .CodeIndexerUnavailable "IsFuzzy" .IsFuzzy "Placeholder" (ctx.Locale.Tr "search.code_kind")}}
+	{{template "shared/search/combo" (dict
+	"Disabled" .CodeIndexerUnavailable
+	"Value" .Keyword
+	"Placeholder" (ctx.Locale.Tr "search.code_kind")
+	"SearchModes" .SearchModes
+	"SelectedSearchMode" .SelectedSearchMode
+	)}}
 </form>
 <div class="divider"></div>
 <div class="ui list">
diff --git a/templates/shared/search/combo.tmpl b/templates/shared/search/combo.tmpl
index 788db95cc1..3aba9a7f04 100644
--- a/templates/shared/search/combo.tmpl
+++ b/templates/shared/search/combo.tmpl
@@ -1,8 +1,30 @@
-{{/* Value - value of the search field (for search results page) */}}
-{{/* Disabled (optional) - if search field/button has to be disabled */}}
-{{/* Placeholder (optional) - placeholder text to be used */}}
-{{/* Tooltip (optional) - a tooltip to be displayed on button hover */}}
+{{/* Attributes:
+* Value - value of the search field (for search results page)
+* Disabled (optional) - if search field/button has to be disabled
+* Placeholder (optional) - placeholder text to be used
+* Tooltip (optional) - a tooltip to be displayed on button hover
+* SearchModes - a list of search modes to be displayed in the dropdown
+* SelectedSearchMode - the currently selected search mode
+*/}}
 <div class="ui small fluid action input">
 	{{template "shared/search/input" dict "Value" .Value "Disabled" .Disabled "Placeholder" .Placeholder}}
+	{{if .SearchModes}}
+	<div class="ui small dropdown selection {{if .Disabled}}disabled{{end}}" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.type_tooltip"}}">
+		<div class="text"></div> {{svg "octicon-triangle-down" 14 "dropdown icon"}}
+		<input name="search_mode" type="hidden" value="
+			{{- if .SelectedSearchMode -}}
+				{{- .SelectedSearchMode -}}
+			{{- else -}}
+				{{- $defaultSearchMode := index .SearchModes 0 -}}
+				{{- $defaultSearchMode.ModeValue -}}
+			{{- end -}}
+		">
+		<div class="menu">
+			{{range $mode := .SearchModes}}
+				<div class="item" data-value="{{$mode.ModeValue}}" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr $mode.TooltipTrKey}}">{{ctx.Locale.Tr $mode.TitleTrKey}}</div>
+			{{end}}
+		</div>
+	</div>
+	{{end}}
 	{{template "shared/search/button" dict "Disabled" .Disabled "Tooltip" .Tooltip}}
 </div>
diff --git a/templates/shared/search/combo_fuzzy.tmpl b/templates/shared/search/combo_fuzzy.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 3540a89ecb..0000000000
--- a/templates/shared/search/combo_fuzzy.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{{/* Value - value of the search field (for search results page) */}}
-{{/* Disabled (optional) - if search field/button has to be disabled */}}
-{{/* Placeholder (optional) - placeholder text to be used */}}
-{{/* IsFuzzy - state of the fuzzy search toggle */}}
-{{/* Tooltip (optional) - a tooltip to be displayed on button hover */}}
-<div class="ui small fluid action input">
-	{{template "shared/search/input" dict "Value" .Value "Disabled" .Disabled "Placeholder" .Placeholder}}
-	{{template "shared/search/fuzzy" dict "Disabled" .Disabled "IsFuzzy" .IsFuzzy}}
-	{{template "shared/search/button" dict "Disabled" .Disabled "Tooltip" .Tooltip}}
-</div>
diff --git a/templates/shared/search/fuzzy.tmpl b/templates/shared/search/fuzzy.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c09d3c150..0000000000
--- a/templates/shared/search/fuzzy.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{{/* Disabled (optional) - if dropdown has to be disabled */}}
-{{/* IsFuzzy - state of the fuzzy search toggle */}}
-<div class="ui small dropdown selection {{if .Disabled}} disabled{{end}}" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.type_tooltip"}}">
-	<input name="fuzzy" type="hidden"{{if .Disabled}} disabled{{end}} value="{{.IsFuzzy}}">{{svg "octicon-triangle-down" 14 "dropdown icon"}}
-	<div class="text">{{if .IsFuzzy}}{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.fuzzy"}}{{else}}{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.exact"}}{{end}}</div>
-	<div class="menu">
-		<div class="item" data-value="true" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.fuzzy_tooltip"}}">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.fuzzy"}}</div>
-		<div class="item" data-value="false" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.exact_tooltip"}}">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "search.exact"}}</div>
-	</div>
-</div>
diff --git a/templates/user/dashboard/issues.tmpl b/templates/user/dashboard/issues.tmpl
index 7924dd2305..54c96a3aa5 100644
--- a/templates/user/dashboard/issues.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/dashboard/issues.tmpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<div class="ui container">
 		{{template "base/alert" .}}
 		<div class="flex-container">
-			{{$queryLink := QueryBuild "?" "type" $.ViewType "sort" $.SortType "state" $.State "q" $.Keyword "labels" .SelectLabels "fuzzy" $.IsFuzzy}}
+			{{$queryLink := QueryBuild "?" "type" $.ViewType "sort" $.SortType "state" $.State "q" $.Keyword "labels" .SelectLabels "search_mode" $.SelectedSearchMode}}
 			<div class="flex-container-nav">
 				<div class="ui secondary vertical filter menu tw-bg-transparent">
 					<a class="{{if eq .ViewType "your_repositories"}}active{{end}} item" href="{{QueryBuild $queryLink "type" "your_repositories"}}">
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@
 						<input type="hidden" name="type" value="{{$.ViewType}}">
 						<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="{{$.SortType}}">
 						<input type="hidden" name="state" value="{{$.State}}">
-						{{template "shared/search/combo_fuzzy" dict "Value" $.Keyword "IsFuzzy" $.IsFuzzy "Placeholder" (ctx.Locale.Tr (Iif .PageIsPulls "search.pull_kind" "search.issue_kind")) "Tooltip" (ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.go_to")}}
+						{{template "shared/search/combo" (dict
+							"Value" $.Keyword
+							"Placeholder" (ctx.Locale.Tr (Iif .PageIsPulls "search.pull_kind" "search.issue_kind"))
+							"Tooltip" (ctx.Locale.Tr "explore.go_to")
+							"SearchModes" .SearchModes
+							"SelectedSearchMode" .SelectedSearchMode
+						)}}
 					</form>
 
 					<div class="list-header-filters">