# A simple filter inside the topic page
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2016年九月6日 03:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762 "2016-09-06T03:13:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [2016年九月6日 03:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762/1 "2016-09-06T03:13:44Z")
currently the “search this topic” option works great, as you can find anyone or any known post simply inside long discussions.
meanwhile the **UI and the accessibility** of the search result may be much better if the “search this topic” changes to a filter:
_current search result:_
_possible search result if it behave like a filter; after you searched “ginger”- term in this topic:_
In the filter-like “search this topic” you will be able to read all the posts that fit into your search simultaneously, without the need to lots of clicks and re-search’s.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2016年九月6日 03:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762/2 "2016-09-06T03:35:19Z")
Why? You can already filter a topic by user just by clicking on their avatar and pressing the Filter button.
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [2016年九月6日 07:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762/3 "2016-09-06T07:05:08Z")
thanks, I didn’t know such a thing exists at all! 😛
such filter would be great to exist for words as well, especially for long discussions. name-search was one example of the goodness of a filter which already have been considered.
p.s.: “word-search in this topic” exist, and i’m just talking about the way to display the results in the page.
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [2016年九月6日 12:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762/4 "2016-09-06T12:46:12Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> You can already filter a topic by user just by clicking on their avatar and pressing the Filter button.
OK, I’m sure this is a dumb question, but I’ll ask anyway. What Filter button where?
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [2016年九月6日 12:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762/5 "2016-09-06T12:49:43Z")
shown in red after I clicked on Angus Avatar in Topic-list-preview topic (note that Angus has more than one reply in that topic, otherwise you couldn’t see the filter icon):
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### Author:  [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)
#### Post date: [2016年九月6日 12:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-simple-filter-inside-the-topic-page/49762/6 "2016-09-06T12:53:18Z")
> [@Pad\_Pors](#):
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> shown in red after I clicked on Angus Avatar in Topic-list-preview topic (note that Angus has more than one reply in that topic, otherwise you couldn’t see the filter icon):
Thank you.
(I think I’m losing my marbles. 😊 I was sure that feature used to exist, but twice recently I’ve looked for it and failed to find it on our own forum. But it’s there now; I just checked. 🙃)