I've contributed to various threads about how the new search system works. There are however a number of issues which I, and other people, think need to be addressed beyond "it's different". This is my attempt to pull together all those issues. If I've missed anything (and I'm sure I will have done) then please post a reply. I'm hoping that the promised replacement of ctrl-Q will address some of the issues.
Delay (up to 3 minutes was quoted in the beta) before changes to notes (including tags) are reflected in search
Search results are not dynamic. Unlike the legacy version if you change a note so that it no longer meets the search criteria it is not removed. No search refresh to compensate for this
You can save a search but not a filter even if they are identical
There is no filter in the filter menu for notebooks although they behave like filters in the search menu
Stacks can only be searched for using the undocumented advanced search syntax stack:
You cannot find any of a list of search terms without using search syntax. i.e. you only get notes that contain all the search terms
The number of filters that come up in the search suggestion list are very limited (only 2), compared with 6 wild guesses of where you might want to "goto". Once you have selected one filter you do get a longer list of relevant filters.
You cannot easily (ie no suggestions and you have to use the search syntax) add a filter after you have added search text. You can use the filter menu to do this
The filter menu has all possible filters even if they are not relevant to the current note list. The search bar on the other hand does only include relevant tags
The filter menu has tags within the hierarchy with no option for a simple alphabetical list
The inclusion of the list of suggested searches should be an option (never helps me)
Cannot easily reset a search. Need to either clear the filters and then manually delete the text or click off search to a notebook or all notes and then back into search
The search bar generally ignores punctuation marks etc at the beginning of tags. e.g. I have a few very important tags that begin with $
Clicking on a tag in the sidebar filters on the tag and all the child tags which for me always results in no results.
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Mike P 2,572
I've contributed to various threads about how the new search system works. There are however a number of issues which I, and other people, think need to be addressed beyond "it's different". This is my attempt to pull together all those issues. If I've missed anything (and I'm sure I will have done) then please post a reply. I'm hoping that the promised replacement of ctrl-Q will address some of the issues.
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