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Forum has a search that does considerably more than plain text. Narrow the search down and you usually find the right thing on the first attempt.
Search:
- Sign in to Forum with your username and password.
- Click the search icon in the top right and type what you are looking for.
- Press Enter to open the full list of results.
The menu that drops down as you type offers shortcuts straight away, such as Search posts by @username or Search the #category category. Recent searches sit below the search box.
Narrow it down with filters:
- Click Open advanced search in the search box.
- Fill in the fields you need under Advanced filters:
- Posted by to get results from one person only.
- Categorised in and Tagged to search a category or a tag.
- Posted with before and after to narrow by time.
- Where topics to pick a status, such as are open, are closed or have no replies.
- Under Return only topics/posts… you can limit results to things you are involved in, such as I’m watching, I bookmarked or I have not seen.
The filters are written into the search box as text, so once you have used the panel you can see how a search is built and type it directly next time.
Search within a topic:
If you are in a long topic looking for something said there, open the search and choose Search this topic. That searches only that topic rather than the whole forum.