take at look at Danielo's plugin:
http://contextplugin.tiddlyspot.com/
all the best
BJ
On Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at 10:12:50 PM UTC+1, RickL wrote:
>
> I must not have been clear in my question....so I will try again...How
> can one find a word in a TiddlyWiki file by a simple search if it is buried
> in a long tiddler?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 11:58:32 AM UTC-5, RickL wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>> TiddlyTools.com: "Small Tools for Big Ideas!" (tm)
>>> InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manuals
>>>
>>
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