Yes it is by design.

Is there a way to display all of the results if the record you’re looking for isn’t included in the x number of records returned for a specific object?  If result limit is set to 5 and there are 6 John Smith contacts and the one I’m looking for isn’t one of the 5 returned, there doesn’t seem to be a way to get to the 6th record.

You can click “View” next to your object’s name and the number of records found to bring up a popup where you can see as many matches as you want.

Nice!  I couldn’t see it because it’s the same color as the background.  Thanks!

Hey Will, what Theme were you using? I want to make sure we get this updated so it doesn’t continue to be invisible for people.

Classic.

Thanks!