Questions tagged [search]
Questions about the built-in search functionality of this site powered by ElasticSearch.
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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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Regarding the "Find a Stack Exchange Community" search engine, can community members add "Also Known As" terms to help direct people to their site?
This question is in reference to this box...
I found that when I entered terms like "climate change", "clean energy", "renewable", "global warming", etc. that ...
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How does searching by relevance work when searching a score range or threshold?
When I search for score:.-1 (for posts with a negative score) by relevance on Stack Overflow, I get a variety of questions and answers from a varying number of years ago. How are these results ranked?
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Please filter out modified posts that a low reputation user cannot see from the questions search report
I wanted to ask why I am being informed that a post was modified when I cannot see any modifications to that post, but I found the answer to that question in these two posts:
Question says modified ...
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How is OverflowAI search going to compete with search engine + generative AI chatbot technologies?
Note: This post is primarily addressed to the company. When I say "you" in this post, I am referring to the company.
A couple weeks ago, Microsoft dropped "Copilot" / "New ...
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Can I search the posts of a deleted user for specific keywords like I can do with posts from extant users?
I remember reading a very good answer on a site from a particular user who unfortunately has deleted their account and left SE. But of course all the posts are still available as part of the archival ...
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Search seems to be almost completely broken
Advanced searches such as closed:yes and user:me are returning no results or the wrong results. I'm pretty sure there are closed questions on MSE, for example:
And these aren't my posts:
Even a ...
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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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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:
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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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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