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Q&A Add search to the Help Center

I'm looking for specific information in the Help Center. (In this case, I want to learn more about comments, but I don't think there's an article for them just yet.) One useful tool on many help pa...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by Jon Ericson‭  ·  edited 18d ago by meta user‭

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Q&A Make searching posts slightly more easy

I find the search function slightly too hard to find. I mean, it’s just in the menu, but intuitively, I feel like it should be a little more accessible, immediately visible. Also, we would benefit...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Julius H.‭

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Q&A New and interesting question feeds without email

It appears that Codidact has notification streams for new questions and interesting questions, but currently these are over email. Can you add a search filter, global page, RSS feed or some other ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Improved layout for individual search results

Currently, when I look at search results, or the list of posts on my user profile, I get results that look like: I have two objections. In my view: Answers should show the tags of the corre...

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Q&A Can I please ask questions from the search page?

After searching for a question, if I don't find it, I often want to ask a new one. But the search page doesn't have any way of doing that, from what I can see. Could the ask questions button be a...

2 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by pureferret ‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Q&A Adding the search guidance hints to the search results page too

When entering a search term, there is some guidance showing above the text box: The guidance is only shown before the initial search. Could it also be shown above the text box of the search resu...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Add a global search page

Can we add a global search page to Codidact? This would simply apply the search query site-wide. This feature is useful when you're not sure which section has the question you want. Yes, you can ...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Mismatch between search guidance, search help page, and search behaviour for votes and score

There is some inconsistency between the guidance and the behaviour when searching by votes or by score. Searching by votes In-page search guidance votes:4 votes with 4+ votes Search help pa...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Move keyboard focus into the search term box when search is clicked

GitHub issue: Automatically focus search bar after clicking search (search-slide) When I click the dark grey search button at the top of a Codidact page a new panel opens containing a search ter...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A No visible response when searching on mobile

After searching from the search box at the top of each page, you are taken to a search results page. This has the search box with the current search term prepopulated, ready to modify and search ag...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Cannot search for net negative votes

Searching for votes:-8 does not give results with net votes -8. Instead it returns all posts, regardless of votes. Upvotes and downvotes break in exactly the same way for negative numbers, but for...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Reconsidering the shorthand for month in search

From the search help: You can use m for minute, h for hour, d for day, w for week, mo for month, and y for year. It seems likely that users would want to use months more often than minutes in...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A PolicyDoc and HelpDoc hidden from search

Searching for post_type:3 (PolicyDoc) gives no results. Similarly for post_type:4 (HelpDoc). Should these post types be excluded from the options presented when the user types post_type:, or shoul...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Searching for answers by tag

Searching for post_type:2 (answer) and a tag gives no results, as answers do not have tags. Intuitively, I would expect this to return results which are answers to a question with that tag. Is ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Tailored previews in search results to show the relevant parts of each post

In search results the title is shown followed by a preview of the post, consisting of the first few lines. I would find it more useful to see the section of the post that contains the search term,...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Total number of search results

At the top of the posts page, the total number of posts shows. At the top of the search results page, there is not a total number of results. I would find the total number useful on the search res...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Occluded post_types filter list in search

When searching using the "post_type" filter, a list of available post types automatically appears. If the user has previously entered search terms that overlap with what has been typed so far, thes...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Search does not search the title of posts

The search only appears to look in the body of a post, not in its title. For example, searching Codidact Meta for "determine" finds posts that have "determine" in the body, but does not include th...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A I can't search for -finalized

(This is not just an issue on the specific site mentioned - it seems to affect any Codidact site.) If I search Code Golf Codidact for "finalized" there are results, showing that the word "finali...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Ethan‭

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Q&A Ability to search for user:me

Currently, we can search for posts by a particular user by including user:unique_user_number, where the unique user number can be found from the user's profile URL. Would you find it useful to be ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Ethan‭

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Q&A Ability to sort search results by activity

Currently, search results can be sorted by posted date (shown as "Age" in the sorting buttons) but not by edited date / most recent activity: Would you find it useful to have this sorting option...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A How can I do a search across all of Codidact?

I can't find a way to do a platform-wide search (all communities at once). Is there such a feature and I'm missing it?

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by tbmale‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Trilarion‭

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Q&A Please add a dropdown menu when filtering by category

In the search bar, when filtering by post type, a dropdown menu with all the available options is displayed: Which is nice, as I don't need to know/remember which number means what. I just choos...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by hkotsubo‭  ·  edited 2y ago by hkotsubo‭

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Q&A New search options

The team has made some improvements to search, including the following new options (taken from the search help): filtering by user If you want to search for posts written by a particular user...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭