Tag adding and searching operation (WIN10, WIN6.25, iOS)

[deyo246 6]

Hi all, 

the idea is the following - to unify the tag adding and searching experience (this post is Windows, web and iOS only), so that any string of text can add or search the wanted tag on any platform

Example - to add or search the following tag: "WP-add drive motor to CAD model"

At this moment

• Windows v10 ADD - app will offer to add the wanted tag only if the input matches exactly character after character (but is not case sensitive), that is "WP-add drive motor to CAD model"
   
• Windows v10 SEARCH - app will offer to select the wanted tag if typing onto search bar any of the following: "drive", "motor", "CAD"
  • app will suggest also the "universal_joint" tag as filter in the search dropdown 
     
• iOS ADD - app will offer to add the wanted tag if searching (inside the add tag menu) for any of the words in the example tag, that is "drive", "unit" also it is not case sensitive.
  • no "universal_joint" tag visible
     
• iOS SEARCH- app will offer to select the wanted tag if typing onto search bar any of the following: "drive", "motor", "CAD"
  • app will suggest also the "universal_joint" tag as filter in the search dropdown 
     
• Windows v6.25 ADD - app will offer to add the wanted tag only if the input matches exactly character after character (but is not case sensitive), that is "WP-add drive motor to CAD model"
   
• Windows v6.25 SEARCH - app will offer to select the wanted tag if typing onto search bar any of the following: "drive", "motor", "CAD"
  • no "universal_joint" tag visible
     

Notebooks ADD and SEARCH - whole different story, if I recall correctly, any string of text finds the wanted notebook in any operation. 

In my experience, tags are underrated, and have almost unlimited flexibility (that I need at this moment of tumble rumble in work/personal).

If anyone has a suggestion how to manage multiple mechanical engineering projects using Evernote and some sort of GTD, please feel free to share. Thank you in advance.

[jeroentoelen 1]

I stand by this 100%. Adding a tag in the Windows app is quite the pain in the butt right now. I want to be able to add a tag to a note without knowing *exactly* the name of the tag. Any (partial) word that occurs in the tag should show that tag in the list. 

[Mike P 2,619]

On 12/15/2020 at 8:57 PM, deyo246 said:

Windows v10 ADD - app will offer to add the wanted tag only if the input matches exactly character after character (but is not case sensitive), that is "WP-add drive motor to CAD model"

 

13 hours ago, jeroentoelen said:

I stand by this 100%. Adding a tag in the Windows app is quite the pain in the butt right now. I want to be able to add a tag to a note without knowing *exactly* the name of the tag. Any (partial) word that occurs in the tag should show that tag in the list. 

I agree that adding a tag using the tags area at the bottom of the note only finds tags that begin with the characters you type. However, the edit tags menu (alt-ctrl-T) gives you a proper search for the characters added. I would prefer the option to not show tags in the hierarchy but generally it works fine for me.

[deyo246 6]

The tags-menu (ctrl+alt+t) seems ok, IT EVEN STARTS WITH THE CURSOR ACTIVATED. 

shame that when selecting multiple notes, then adding tags, the cursor is not activated. 

the arrows to select tags are working, but pressing return or Enter does absolutely nothing. 

They really want us to jump from keyboard to mouse to keyboard again!

Evernote complaining that a small number of people is using tags: yes, the whole process of adding tags and managing tags is PITA
 

[Mike P 2,619]

9 hours ago, deyo246 said:

shame that when selecting multiple notes, then adding tags, the cursor is not activated. 

Agreed. Down arrow followed by up arrow does it but I agree the cursor should start in the text box, for consistency as well as logic.

9 hours ago, deyo246 said:

the arrows to select tags are working, but pressing return or Enter does absolutely nothing. 

Pressing space bar selects or deselects a tag. This is kind of consistent with other check boxes within EN although I'd surprised if there were not counter examples.

[kweirman 9]

Also an issue on MAC version.

When adding a tag to a note, I should be able to type "Ideas" to get the 4th tag below, but can only add it by entering string left to right (i.e. "Land").

[Mike P 2,619]

3 hours ago, kweirman said:

When adding a tag to a note, I should be able to type "Ideas" to get the 4th tag below, but can only add it by entering string left to right (i.e. "Land").

Personally I actually like it how it is. When I type "+" I only want to see the tags that begin with + not any that have + within the tag. I can always use the full edit tags menu (alt-ctrl-T) if I want a full search.

My tag structure is different - I'm not suggesting that you should have to change yours just explaining mine. Using your example I would have separate tags for Landscape, lighting, history, ideas etc. I would then add both the landscape and ideas tags to the note. Ideas would come up when I typed ideas. If I wanted to find landscaping ideas I would have to filter by two tags but the advantage to me is that I can get all my landscaping notes by clicking only one tag and even get all my ideas (potentially from other areas as well) by selecting ideas. Just a different way of thinking about tagging.