Combining multiple advanced search filters

Moin · January 2, 2026, 9:43pm

The “Only return topics/posts…” drop-down is multi-select now

github.com/discourse/discourse

UX: Replace advanced search filters with multi-select

main ← ux-advanced-search-filters-multi-select

merged 08:12PM - 15 Dec 25 UTC

ZogStriP

+226 -243

Convert the advanced search "filters" section from a mix of checkboxes and a sin…gle-select dropdown to a unified multi-select component, allowing users to apply multiple filters simultaneously. Changes: - Replace ComboBox and checkboxes with a MultiSelect for in:/with: filters - Change searchedTerms.in from a single value to an array - Remove special.in tracking (title, likes, messages, seen) - now unified - Add buildFilterOptions helper to construct filter options consistently - Add new filters: created, likes, bookmarks, seen, all, title - Update locale strings with "Select filters…" placeholder Ref - https://meta.discourse.org/t/391095 **BEFORE** <img width="1851" height="1206" alt="CleanShot 2025-12-15 at 17 05 41" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fd8bada0-8fdb-41a8-919a-8e2c122c61e6" /> **AFTER** <img width="1851" height="1206" alt="CleanShot 2025-12-15 at 17 05 28" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/874370a9-5b96-4837-829d-33a2c9d62c1d" />

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