I have had this same question for quite a while. Your answer helps but
still does not help if the phrase is buried deep in a long tiddler. Any
way to highlight the search results?
Thanks
On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 10:55:17 AM UTC-5, Eric Shulman wrote:
>
> On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 7:06:51 AM UTC-8, John wrote:
>>
>> When I search in TW5 with a phrase, I get all the tidders which have a
>> word or more of the phrase in any sequence in the title or the body.
>>
>> Is there an option or plugin to search only for the exact phrase in the
>> title or the body?
>>
>
> You can use the [regexp[...]] filter operator to search for exact phrase
> matches including spaces.
>
> 1) Open the $:/AdvancedSearch panel (click the magnifying glass icon next
> to the regular sidebar search input field)
> 2) In $:/AdvancedSearch, switch to the "Filter" tab
> 3a) To search titles, enter your search syntax like this:
> [regexp[your phrase here]]
> 3b) To search tiddler text, enter your search like this:
> [regexp:text[your phrase here]]
>
> Notes:
> * Because the syntax uses square brackets, you cannot search for text that
> includes square brackets.
> * If you want to search both title AND text fields at the same time, you
> can combine the filters in a sequence, separated by a space, like this:
> [regexp[your phrase here]] [regexp:text[your phrase here]]
> * If you don't want to use the $:/AdvancedSearch interface, you can create
> your own custom interface by putting the following syntax into a tiddler
> you create:
>
> <$edit-text tiddler="$:/temp/mysearch" tag="input" default=""/><br>
> <$reveal state="$:/temp/mysearch" type="nomatch" text="">
> <<list-links "[regexp{$:/temp/mysearch}] [regexp:text{$:/temp/mysearch}]
> -[title[$:/temp/mysearch]]">>
> </$reveal>
>
> * The $edit-text widget stores your search input in $:/temp/mysearch (you
> can use any tiddler name you like, but something starting with
> "$:/temp/..." is recommended to avoid cluttering up your regular list of
> tiddlers)
> * The $reveal widget prevents listing ALL tiddlers when the search input
> is blank.
> * The <<list-links>> macro shows a bullet list using the combined
> title/text search filter, and also automatically excludes the temporary
> tiddler that holds your search input text.
> * Because the custom search uses a separate tiddler to store the search
> text, you CAN search for text containing square brackets, as it avoids
> conflicting with the surrounding filter syntax.
> * If you add the tag "$:/tags/SideBar" to your custom tiddler, it will
> appear as an extra tab in the sidebar, allowing you to quickly invoke the
> custom search at any time.
>
> enjoy,
> -e
> Eric Shulman
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