diff -r d48ab3b357f1 -r 978afdc0236f commonuis/CommonUi/src/ItemFinder.cpp
--- a/commonuis/CommonUi/src/ItemFinder.cpp	Wed Sep 01 12:16:19 2010 +0100
+++ b/commonuis/CommonUi/src/ItemFinder.cpp	Tue Sep 14 21:48:24 2010 +0300
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #include <centralrepository.h>
 #include <CommonUiInternalCRKeys.h>
+#include <AknSmileyUtils.h>
 
 // CONSTANTS
 const TInt KMINTAGLENGTH(5);
@@ -143,7 +144,38 @@
 void CItemFinderAsyncParser::RunL()
     {
     TInt fullLength = Min( iEditor->TextLength(), 0xffff );
-    const TDesC& text = iEditor->Text()->Read( 0, fullLength );
+    if ( fullLength <= 0 )
+        {
+        return;
+        }
+    // If editor enables smiley feature, then smiley string shouldn't be included
+    // in the search string. Normally a smiley string comprises 3 parts: a smiley code,
+    // a smiley compensating character to expand smiley icon area, and several invisible 
+    // smiley placeholder characters if the length of the smiley string is longer than 2 
+    // characters. Since smiley codes are in reserved Unicode range and smiley placeholder 
+    // is 0xfff0, they won't be counted in search string, but the compensating character 
+    // is a valid english character so it needs to be replaced with smiley placeholder 
+    // otherwise it will mess the search string.
+    HBufC* textBuf( iEditor->Text()->Read( 0, fullLength ).Alloc() );
+    if( !textBuf )
+        {
+        return;
+        }
+    CleanupStack::PushL( textBuf );
+    TPtr text( textBuf->Des() );
+    for ( TInt i( 0 ); i < fullLength; i++ )
+        {
+        // Check if current character is a smiley code, if so, the character 
+        // following the code is a smiley compensating character and it needs to 
+        // be replaced.
+        if ( text[i] >= CAknSmileyManager::KSmileyCodeMin && 
+             text[i] <= CAknSmileyManager::KSmileyCodeMax &&
+             ( i + 1 < fullLength ) )
+            {
+            i++;
+            text[i] = CAknSmileyManager::KPlaceHolder; 
+            }
+        }
     TInt searchAll = CFindItemEngine::EFindItemSearchURLBin
         |CFindItemEngine::EFindItemSearchMailAddressBin
         |CFindItemEngine::EFindItemSearchPhoneNumberBin
@@ -156,6 +188,7 @@
         {
         iFIE->DoNewSearchL( text, (CFindItemEngine::TFindItemSearchCase)searchAll, iMinDigitsToFind );
         }
+    CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( textBuf );
     delete iMarkedItems;
     iMarkedItems = 0;
     iMarkedItems = new ( ELeave ) CArrayPtrFlat<CItemFinder::CFindItemExt>( 10 );