"Show all" is so convenient to CTRL-F something.
It is nice to be able to do that, though note that if you use the search box in the upper right while in a topic, it searches only that topic.
But still below feature need lot of improvement.

I am not able to find things when I try to search in my own/someone post history.
Nor did it look search button is effective when you search on the pages like this:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1446224;sa=showPosts