Whenever anyone lands on the full page search, they can now expand the Advanced Search options and filter their search results using a much cleaner and easier UI.
Search results can be filtered by
a specific user
a specific category
users that belong to a particular group
users that have a specific badge
topics that contain the following tags
posts that I liked
topics I posted in
topics I’m watching or tracking
posts that are in my messages
posts and topics that I bookmarked
limited to the first post in a topic
topics that are open, closed, or archived
topics that have zero replies
topics that contain a single user
posts that were posted before or after a given date or number of days ago
topics that have a minimum number of replies
As the search options are filled out, search terms are auto-completed to assure users they’re typing in terms that the system will recognise.
Any chance at providing a link to /search from the search bar in the upper right to have it more exposed? Users might be able to discover it more quickly if that were the case. (edit, derp, still catching up. For those following only this topic and not its sister, this suggestion was already planned.)
That’s fair. I thought the same thing when I created them. In fact, I can’t think of a single time I used either one (well except when I was testing the new feature).
I use them for finding staff replies on our Discourse forum. Use is rare, but I think it should be communicated they exist somewhere.
Also, I think it’d be great if “options” was changed to “Advanced Search” in the following prompt for clarification purposes, and to distinguish it from the previous “options” button which opened a search help popup on the same page – this button no longer does that so keeping the same name may lead unexpected behavior.
