At the top of dired buffer, I have a line as follows, /tmp: (41 GiB available) and I want to move the cursor to select the path `/tmp'. The problem is isearch-forward for the next `:' from the position at the left most occurrence of `/' overshoots to the end of line. Steps to demonstrate, 1. start, emacs -Q 2. goto directory, C-x d /tmp/ 3. goto beginning of dired buffer, ESC < i. move cursor to left most `/' position ii. activate mark C-SPC 4. search forward to match `:', C-s : Intended unavailable effect, to move the cursor to the first occurence of `:'. Unintended actual effect, the cursor moves to the end of line.