Apologies. It does search properly for No. 2) It finds both *Nelson* and *Mandela* I also forgot to mention that the search can be limited to a given field only - by using a drop down menu.
So the enhancement is much easier! Just including the System Tiddlers as well! On Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 1:37:37 PM UTC+7, S. S. wrote: > > > With reference to the issue on Github #3432 Search within the extra fields > <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3432> > > I would like to propose that the solution by Tobias Beer here: Searching > In Tiddler Fields > <https://tobibeer.github.io/tb5/#Searching%20In%20Tiddler%20Fields> > be enhanced and then submitted as a PR for TiddlyWiki's core. > > This tiddler adds a tab to *Advanced Search* named: *In Fields* > It searches for text within (i believe) all fields except the *text* > field of non System tiddlers > It also allows a case sensitive search to be made using a tick box. > It neatly lays out the results using field names as headings. > > It may be useful to enhance it a little. > As it stands now, it only finds words in fields that START with a search > term. > > Thus if a field contains: *Nelson Mandela* > 1) This search is positive: *Nelson* > 2) This search is negative: *Mandela* > > One option is to add a tick box that says: *Exact Match Only* > If ticked, it behaves as it does now. > If unticked, it would also find the second example above. > > I would also like to suggest a tick box that would *Include System > Tiddlers*. > > I studied his code, and realized it is presently beyond my capacity to > make the above changes. If Tobias has the time and inclination to > incorporate these ideas, it would be wonderful. If not, it would be a big > contribution to TiddlyWiki if someone could take on the challenge. > > Edited to fix link > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6a465137-589e-409b-a00a-8bffc8d56ef5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
