[Help Wanted] Global search option not working as expected #3631
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Describe the issue
The option for 'Toggle Global Search' (as shown in the keyboard shortcuts):
Appears to be broken, if your search term is not in the current tag/folder it only shows a blank 'Loading...' screen:
If there is a toggle or something I could click on to make the search 'global' I either cannot find it or it is not intuitive to me.
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Expected behavior
'Global' search seems to indicate that all notes would be searched, and it appears to only search in the current folder. If there is some toggle or something I am meant to be using it is not intuitive to me. Perhaps the shortcut should take you to 'All notes' first (might be a bit disruptive). Alternatively, there could be a toggle or some such to enable/disable a 'global' or 'within tag' search? Maybe down here where there are some toggles already available?:
Another way I have seen this done in other apps, pre-populate the search box with something like 'in-folder:blah' (or whatever syntax it is using for this behind the scenes), which the user could then erase, (or not). Another example I have seen is the global search opens a pop-up modal box where you can then do a search in there, there are probably a few different options you could go with.
If the issue is that global search is not currently possible, that shortcut should really be renamed to 'Search within current context/tag' (or whatever) to better indicate what that does. If this is the case, could I please make a feature request to have a true 'Global' search shortcut added as well (or alternatively, if it is just impossible to implement, I would even be happy with just a shortcut to take you to 'All Notes' view and then I can just make a script to do what I want instead).
As a minor improvement, the 'Loading...' screen makes it appear something is still loading, it should just show a 0 results message, or '0 results in this folder', which would help to make it more obvious, or perhaps even a link which says 'Search in all notes instead' which could take you there (if it is possible), or something along those lines.
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