Questions tagged [search]
Questions about the built-in search functionality of this site powered by ElasticSearch.
25 questions from the last 365 days
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Add users' deleted questions in search results [duplicate]
It's not a duplicate of Enable searching with deleted:1 for 10k users because I'm not only asking for the less than 1% of users with >10k rep who have the 'Access to Moderator Tools' privilege.
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Chat search fails to return more than 10000 messages [duplicate]
Chat search is currently unable to return any more than approximately 10000 messages, instead returning "0 messages found". I'm pretty sure it didn't do that before.
The limit seems to be ...
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Allow sort specification in site search [duplicate]
I regularly look for new Delphi question in [SO], using is:q delphi
When the results are displayed, I have to cick Newest
It would be nice if sort options could be added to the search query. What ...
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Should `is:answer` and `views:N` combine? Getting my answers sorted based on parent question view count
I wanted to update / improve my answers to the most viewed questions that I answered (cause I think that would make more sense than improving the most upvoted ones), however to my (slight) ...
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Was the new AI search feature "test" officially announced?
In the last few hours many users have noticed the new AI powered search feature that has been added to the site.
I'll leave bugs reports and general commentary on how ineffective this is to other ...
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AI enhanced search doesn't understand voting rules [duplicate]
There's an upvote button in the AI-enhanced search, which upvotes all questions and answers used for the content. That works, but you see the green banner "Thanks for upvoting this content!" ...
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The “AI search” on the Math Stack Exchange (and other site with MathJax) can’t show MathJax properly [duplicate]
I hate the AI search, but I still want to point out a thing:
The search can’t show the MathJax formatting properly, the AI search has the “$$” thing, so it means that the search can’t show the ...
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Save as Q&A errors under AI search results [duplicate]
Apparently, we have AI search results now, and a "Save as Q&A" button underneath.
I wanted to explore what this button does (hopefully not what I think it does), but currently, all it ...
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How to opt out of AI search? [duplicate]
I noticed that any search has a new feature now, of automated GenAI response, e.g. when searching for how to opt out of AI search? I got this:
How to get rid or opt out of the part in red circle, i.e....
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Search is hallucinating badly [duplicate]
So I noticed that there was some changes to search, and I decided to give it a try.
In its current shape and form, its essentially counterproductive, hurts the utility of my site and potentially ...
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Why does querying for a post with -2000 votes return one with -1?
https://meta.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&q=score%3a..-2000, for a reason unbeknownst to me, returns solely How is it possible that "I" (the user Krumelur) exists twice?, which has ...
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Searching text in code blocks don't work
I've tried searching user:me a_function_I_used then it never returns the result. Any texts that are used in code format or ``` code blocks ``` are never searchable. Searching for other texts in my ...
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Why is there a tick next to the “0 answers” of a question?
I just noticed that there was a tick next to the "0 answers" of a question when I’m searching it in this site.
See the screenshot below for the question:
I’ve never seen that case before, ...
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Using "and" in the search field always does a regular search instead of a tag search
Background on searching
There are two search types one can perform:
Tag search
Only returns questions when searching for tags, like [tag-a] [tag-b] which gives results of questions that have both ...
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How can one search for a word that was removed during an edit?
I'd like to search for a word that was edited out of one of my questions. I don't know which question. How can one search for a word that was removed during an edit? (Input: word; output: list of ...
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What are differences between synonyms with and without merging from the practical point of view?
It is well-known that creating a synonym and merging two tags are two completely independent actions1 - sometimes a synonym is created and the tags aren't merged, sometimes two tags are merged without ...
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Why does "disclaimmer" return a result but not "disclaimer"?
Searching for "disclaimmer" returns a result but not "disclaimer", even though the matched text in the returned post is "disclaiming". Why?
(Ignore results pointing to ...
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No margin between tags in the search results on stackexchange.com [closed]
If you search for anything on stackexchange.com, the results show tags that are way too close together. Surely a result of other recent changes to tag rendering.
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To find old images in chat, you still have to search with the Imgur URL
I was recently looking for a graph I had posted to a private chat room several months ago. In order to find it, I went to search for messages posted by me containing i.sstatic.net in the room I knew I ...
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Search results are incomplete
E.g., https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=Discord+gradio returns no results. Yet, a post contains both "Discord" and "gradio".
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What is the correct way to ask help finding an old SE Q&A I can't find anymore? [duplicate]
I am an active member of Sci-Fi and Fantasy SE and I found myself in this situation several times:
I see a question (sometimes answered) that piques my interest.
I read it, mark it down in my memory ...
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Data explorer query takes a lot of time and needs to be optimized
This is a Stack Exchange Data Explorer query which gets the top users on specific skill scores (example: JavaScript) based on a specific country (example: Egypt), and it took a lot of time until it ...
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Search help links to Stack Overflow for Teams on all sites instead of the help center
The "Search help" link in the search bar is supposed to link to this help page but is currently linking to a Stack Overflow for Teams article instead. This bug can be reproduced on all of ...
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Hide search tooltip when focus moves away from search [duplicate]
I wanted to test out the new focus styles using the guidance on this comment. When I tabbed into the search box, the tooltip showing how to search popped up, which is fine. But when I tabbed out of ...
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Why did the recent maintenance notices point to a search for [maintenance] or [maintenance]? [duplicate]
The second link in these notices that were up today:
point to
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/maintenance+or+maintenance?tab=Newest
Why the duplicate:
[maintenance] or [...
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