Questions tagged [search]
Questions about the built-in search functionality of this site powered by ElasticSearch.
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Why is the URL advanced search operator only finding lowercase URLs?
Consider the search url:DarthFubuMVC (even searching globally). It returns posts that have that GitHub username in lowercase (https://github.com/darthfubumvc/htmltags), but not ones like A: fubumvc - ...
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How can one search for some text in one's deleted chat messages?
I've had a few chat messages deleted by a mod and feeds in some chat room. I am looking for a few sentences I wrote in these chat messages. How can one search for some text in one's deleted chat ...
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Stack Overflow blog : same post with different languages in the search result
While conducting a search on the Stack Overflow blog using the keyword "Winter Bash 2017", I observed the presence of three posts sharing an identical title. Upon examining each post, it ...
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Enhancing Stack Overflow blog search: filtering out test entries
In the Stack Overflow blog search, upon entering the keyword "Test", I was presented with a compilation of blog post titles.
However, it's worth noting that among these results, two entries ...
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Finding an appropriate Stack Exchange site [duplicate]
I'd like to ask a question about a topic, but there doesn't seem to be a Stack Exchange site that's directly on point. Is there a way to search for a word or phrase across all sites, to see if it's ...
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Search only my posts across all sites
I wrote a post some years ago about a relatively complex bash script (with parameters) but I can't find it anymore, and I don't remember on which site of the SE hierarchy I wrote it. Is there a way to ...
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Seeking your input on redesigning our post summary component
Tl;dr
We are redesigning our post summary component and would like your input before the design process begins. The post summary component appears on most pages that show a list of posts, including ...
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Allow us to use the [-] symbol to exclude results in other operators, not just tags
I can use - before a tag to mean "not that tag". For example, I can search for "not python" on SO. However, this doesn't seem to work for other operators. For example, using -user:...
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How can I search for NON-saved questions?
By using in:saves, it is possible to search among only questions saved by the user, However, using -in:saves does not appear to restrict the search to questions which the user has not saved.
Is there ...
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I can't search for my Saves in stackexchange.com
I can't find how to access all my saves (saved across all Stack Exchange communities).
Before the migration from Bookmarks to Saves in 2022, all my bookmarks from all communities (sites) used to be ...
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Server error when searching in my saves
Searching in my “saves” (with the in:saves operator) does not currently work and
displays the error
Oops! Something Bad Happened!
We apologize for any inconvenience, but an unexpected error occurred ...
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Server error when attempting to use the inquestion:<id> and inquestion:this search operators
When I try to use inquestion:389834 or inquestion:this, I get a 500 HTTP status code. (This is what it shows.) I would really like to use this function.
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When using search and sorting by activity, user action is sometimes missing
On Puzzling.SE I used the search created:2023 and sorted by Active, and it looks as though some of the posts have a missing action between the user and the time. (The same bug as the one for migrated ...
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Bug? Answers not shown on some questions in search
I have long been using the answers:1 filter to limit search results to questions with answers, but it seems that it does not always work as described.
For example, this SO search returns 18 hits, with ...
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Is there a way to "flatten" a search across Stack Exchange sites without going to an external search engine (not that that's bad)? [duplicate]
Watching the Vsauce short The Only Element You Can Chew Like Gum I was intrigued by
This is indium, the only element in the universe that is safe, and soft enough to chew like bubble gum... it ...
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What's the purpose of using the 'inquestion' search operator?
I was looking at some examples from the help page on searching, and came across inquestion. As far as I'm aware of what it does is that it takes the id of the question
inquestion:50691
And restricts ...
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Google search result shows upvote number instead of the post title [closed]
I found Google search result sometimes shows the upvote number of the stackoverflow post, not its title. The image below shows "86" appearing instead of its actual post title "What's a ...
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When focusing the search box in a private beta, hints fail to load, causing a popup with the login page
I just followed by a link from another question here and got this funny behavior after clicking on the search bar:
The entire site opened in a new popup window!
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No dates in search results for community wiki post
Searching for regular (non-wiki) posts results with a list of posts with visible dates (asked, answered...):
If you do search for wiki posts there're no dates at all:
Could we please add dates for ...
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On sites where the reduced ads privilege page is suppressed, the page still shows in help center search results
Since 2013 the Help Center search includes privilege pages. The search results seem to be network-wide, with site url placeholders. The shared search index is an issue for the reduced ads privilege, ...
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Search within my own questions for the entire Stack Exchange network [duplicate]
I learned that adding 'user:me' can help me search within my own questions.
How can I search within my own questions?
But this seems to work only for a specific site.
Applying the search term 'user:me'...
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stackexchange.com search is down
All attempts to do network-wide searches via stackexchange.com (example) are returning the "Oops! Something Bad Happened!" page:
This is a problem, as this is the only way that Charcoal ...
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How useful is it to say that I tried searching for an answer without saying what search queries I made, and what could be more useful than that?
Prior to asking my question, I tried exercising my basic research skills to see if my question had already been asked and answered before using my favourite search engine (Ex. Google search) and using ...
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Can we alias a question's title without creating a separate question?
For a long time, we have marked questions as duplicates as way of aliasing another question.
For example, I saw a question on a Stack Exchange site which was titled something like:
I am *onfused with ...
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How can I get the total number of posts for a user that have a certain tag in them?
User abbood (myself) has eight posts (in total) that have the tag cocoapods; six questions and two answers.
I thought that this query should simply get all eight:
SELECT Count(*)
FROM posts p
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Can a search include mathematical expressions?
It's difficult to search for math-related topics without using math expressions. Can this be done somehow? I'm talking about things beyond +, - , / , etc.
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Remove Teams-related 'searchOn' parameter from search result links
When you search for something and click on one of the tabs
the resulting URL contains a searchOn parameter:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/search?tab=newest&q=something&searchOn=3. If I ...
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Don't cut off question titles on the search result page
Feature request: Don't cut off question titles on the search result page. Example:
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Search posts with specific combination of tags
Let’s say I want to obtain a list of all topics that have tags [x] & [y], but not [z].
For example, let’s say a topic has the below tags [x] & [y]. Then I should have this topic in my search ...
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Why are we deleting off-topic closed questions at all?
What is the benefit of deleting off-topic closed questions at all? What is wrong with the idea that they couldn't stay in closed state forever?
Closed question are searchable by the entire community (...
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Some questions about search [closed]
I want to search questions answered by me and some another user. How can I do this? I don't see an "and" operator.
Is there a way to search through comments (answers under which there is ...
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How can I search for a keyword across the questions I posted on an SE site and the answers that they received? [duplicate]
I posted several questions on one of the Stack Exchange websites. How can I search for a keyword across these questions and the answers that the questions received? Ideally I'd also be interested to ...
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Add to the /help/searching pages that is:q and is:a exist as short forms of the is:question and is:answer operators [duplicate]
In the "Miscellaneous Operators" section of the /help/searching pages, it says:
is:question narrows results down to just questions, and is:answer returns only answers
But I don't see it ...
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For paginated results, add a way to type the page number to which to navigate
I'd like to request a feature addition where navigating to the page of the result I desire to view (in any SE website) is able to be done by simply entering the page number of the results page you ...
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Add a way to sort results by date on https://stackexchange.com/search
Feature request: add a way to sort results by date on https://stackexchange.com/search (e.g., date of post and date of last activity).
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The question view count displayed in a search result page is inaccurate [duplicate]
Example from android stackexchange: 7 views in search:
vs. 168 views:
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GPT-generated "search as you type" responses
There is a current hot meta post on SO regarding banning ChatGPT answers, which I fully agree with (plus some).
However, I still think GPT bots themselves have a lot of value. They're trained on ...
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Chat RSS feed for tagged/xxx broken
When you use the tagged/ prefix for a search term in chat, you (are supposed to) get all messages with a specific tag. 1
However, the generated RSS link in the lower right corner of the results is ...
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Why does the Search icon look weird on small screen widths? [duplicate]
On a small screen width, the search icon looks like this:
In my opinion, the search button should look like all the other icons and not stand out as if it is 3D. I don't recall seeing this before, so ...
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How do I extract posts from Data.SE that contain code in them?
I'd like to extract posts from Stack Overflow using Data.SE, that contain code in them. I am mainly interested in the posts that come from the tag [artificial-intelligence]. Here is the code that I ...
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Search has an extra border in the topbar
As seen in the screenshot, there is an extra border over the search icon on the topbar. This started today, coincedentally with the start of Winter Bash, but not caused by it as confirmed by staff.
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Is it possible to search comments like we can search chat messages? [duplicate]
In chat.stackexchange.com we can search all chat messages filtered by keywords, user id, and room id. The search result has unique URL to a chat message.
Given that there is also a unique URL for a ...
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Linking "Similar questions" suggestions from every Stack Exchange website
Suggestions for an addition to the "Similar questions" feature
Each Stack Exchange site has a "Similar questions" list under which the user generates the title for their question.
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Could the path /questions/tagged/TAGS be added networkwide, too?
On any site, we can use /questions/tagged/TAGS - this is the URL you'll get after clicking on a tag. For example, the questions tagged discussion on this site or on some per-site-meta. And a similar ...
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Suggest tags from the top search bar when text search start with the character "[" [duplicate]
It would be comfortable or convenient when text search in the top search bar start with the character "[", the tags containing the text after "[" character are suggested.
It is ...
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Searching my own unanswered questions over all Stack Exchange sites
I wish to get a list of my own unanswered questions over all Stack Exchange sites.
It seems you can run SQL queries with data.stackexchange.com, something I learned only today. Is there a way I can ...
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Why can I not filter the Posts table in data.stackexchange by tags?
While trying to write a query on https://data.stackexchange.com/datascience/, using the Posts table, I cannot filter by tags.
For instance, if I try to extract the tags from the Posts table:
select ...
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Searching for a word within posts randomly returns tag results instead [duplicate]
When I use the search function within LawSE to find posts with a particular word, it randomly adds square brackets [ ] around what I'm looking for and so only shows tag results.
I've carried a brief ...
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Close search "help" box on unfocus
I don't specifically require any accessibility features, but I prefer to use the site with my keyboard sometimes. When I tab through the link/input fields the help box that appears below the top-bar ...
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Make query tips clickable in the search field
The search field has some query tips. That'd be convenient if one could click on them to help write the query. E.g., clicking on "is:question" would add "is:question" in the query....
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