How to escape wildcard in basic search

Operating system

Windows

Joplin version

2.14.20

Desktop version info

Joplin 2.14.20 (prod, win32)

Client ID: 14058438f5f3451e803b179f1a207323
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 46
Keychain Supported: Yes

Revision: cfd98e3

Admonition markdown extension: 1.1.0
Conflict Resolution: 1.2.3
Favorites: 1.3.0
Note Link System: 0.8.0
Note Rename: 1.0.0
Note Tabs: 1.4.0
Outline: 1.5.10
Search & Replace: 2.2.0
Simple Backup: 1.3.3
Slash Commands: Datetime & More: 1.3.2
Spoilers: 1.0.6
Text Colorize: 1.2.3

What issue do you have?

As far as I know, the basic search will allow searching exactly for what I need. However, some wildcards are still in action such as % or *, and end up showing all notes. I assume that a percent sign (%) would work as an SQL wildcard and an asterisk(*) as a Full Text Search wildcard. In fact, I have no idea about the double-quote (") but it works similarly. Would it be possible to escape them for a basic search? I tried backslash (\) before them, but it didn't work.

Screenshots

joplin_search_03_wildcards.gif

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