Tom Ribbens 2 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Hi, I know it's as designed that selecting a parent tag doesn't include notes that only have a child tag applied to it. However, I would really like this feature. I don't mind if it's a setting that should be set in the preferences or something like that, but it would make some things really a lot easier. Thanks, Tom Link to comment
Level 5* JMichaelTX 4,115 Posted June 18, 2014 Level 5* Share Posted June 18, 2014 Tom, I think this would be hugely powerful! I suggested just such a feature a few years ago. The UI could be as simple as adding a plus symbol ("+") to the Parent Tag in the Search expression for tags:tag:business+ Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted June 18, 2014 Level 5* Share Posted June 18, 2014 I know it's as designed that selecting a parent tag doesn't include notes that only have a child tag applied to it. However, I would really like this feature. I don't mind if it's a setting that should be set in the preferences or something like that, but it would make some things really a lot easier.A not uncommon topic / request. Type something like 'search parent tag' or 'search child tag' in the search box at the top right of this page, and you should find a fair amount of forum discussion. The first one that I found is this: https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/15173-shouldnt-selecting-a-parent-tag-search-child-tags/, which encapsulates some of the thinking around this, including an Evernote employee's take on it, plus some approaches / ideas for implementing, e.g. augmenting the search language, special mouse-clicking (Shift+click?) on a tag in the tag tree and workarounds. Link to comment
trenchantly 15 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 This, again, seems to be something you can do on one platform (Windows) but on no others. Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,735 Posted May 29, 2017 Level 5* Share Posted May 29, 2017 14 minutes ago, trenchantly said: This, again, seems to be something you can do on one platform (Windows) but on no others. I don't know how useful this is but I can easily script child tag selection using the AppleScript layer that comes with Evernote on the Mac platform For example; I produce selection lists, for example Note-Types using child tags Also, I use a naming convention that facilitates retrieving child tags For example tag:!Type* Link to comment
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