# Category:slug search does not work
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2월 16, 2017, 1:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460 "2017-02-16T01:40:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)
#### Post date: [2월 16, 2017, 1:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460/1 "2017-02-16T01:40:57Z")
I recently renamed my categories, leaving the slugs unchanged (so “macro” changed name to “Macro Library”).
I can with `#macro` or `#"macro library"` or `category:"macro library"`.
But `category:macro` does not work for some reason, gives: `No results found.`
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [9월 13, 2017, 5:45오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460/2 "2017-09-13T17:45:44Z")
Was slug search ever _supposed_ to work? I don’t know that this was supported at any point?
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### Author:  [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)
#### Post date: [9월 14, 2017, 12:09오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460/3 "2017-09-14T00:09:05Z")
Why wouldn’t it be supported?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [9월 14, 2017, 12:09오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460/4 "2017-09-14T00:09:57Z")
Then this is a feature request “make search also work with the slugs of categories, not just the names of categories”.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [9월 14, 2017, 1:03오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460/5 "2017-09-14T01:03:48Z")
Did auto-complete in search solve this? You can start typing the category name/slug and hit tab for it to fill out to the correct syntax…
However, I bet the quotes are throwing off auto-complete, I tested it on my sandbox and typing “#site feedback” followed by tab changes it to #Contribute > Site feedback
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### Author:  [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)
#### Post date: [9월 14, 2017, 7:25오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460/6 "2017-09-14T07:25:50Z")
Whether it is a bug or a feature is up to you to decide. To me it is a broken implementation, but if you consider it to be a feature request, that’s fine too.
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### Author:  [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)
#### Post date: [9월 14, 2017, 7:29오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-slug-search-does-not-work/57460/7 "2017-09-14T07:29:41Z")
> [@cpradio](#):
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> Did auto-complete in search solve this?
That does not appear to work with “category:”. I can type “#que” to complete to `#questions`, but I cannot type “category:que” to complete to `category:questions`.