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New three-column layout: make search field to search full-text or via option
The global search for notes is totally unusable because it is very, very slow. @see #966
I really like the new search box in the new three-column layout. But it only searches the note's titles, which is not enough in many cases.
It should work similar to the global search and the search box on the Android app and be a full-text search.
Please make it a full-text search, or add an option like a checkbox "Fulltext" below the search field.
Thank you!
Toally agree. The search feature should include the full text of the notes, not just their titles. It would make it much easier to find specific information inside notes and greatly improve usability. The Notes web app should be consistent with the mobile app.
In a note-taking app, a search function that doesn't look inside the content of notes is practically useless. The whole point of taking notes is to capture thoughts, ideas, and information that you can refer back to later. If the search only checks titles, it misses the most valuable part > the actual content. Being able to quickly locate a specific detail, phrase, or piece of information buried within your notes is what makes a digital note-taking system powerful and efficient.
Without that capability, it becomes frustrating and time-consuming to find what you need, defeating the purpose of using the app in the first place.
Hi @klemens-u,
Thank you for your suggestion! Do you have some small sketch (or another product which you are using) in mind that we will have better imagination what are you meaning?
Hi @klemens-u,
Thank you for your suggestion! Do you have some small sketch (or another product which you are using) in mind that we will have better imagination what are you meaning?
I think you were misled by the title of the post. Please take a look at the screenshot for better understanding: