# Full-page search loses search context

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [July 9, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908 "2015-07-09T00:37:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![RaceProUK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/raceprouk/32/115844_2.png) [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908/1 "2015-07-09T00:37:34Z")

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Whether you’re searching for posts in a topic, a category, or made by a particular user, when you select the ‘show more’ link to go to the full-page search, that context is lost; it should be preserved, otherwise you’re not doing the same search.

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908/2 "2015-07-09T00:49:24Z")

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What do you mean by “the context is lost”? I’m seeing the same search term(s) in the input.  
\* Firefox latest

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908/3 "2015-07-09T00:51:39Z")

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Yeah, a bug, will fix when I fix middle button click there.

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### Author: ![RaceProUK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/raceprouk/32/115844_2.png) [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908/4 "2015-07-09T08:58:13Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> What do you mean by “the context is lost”?

> [@RaceProUK](#):
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> searching for posts in **a topic, a category, or made by a particular user**

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908/5 "2015-07-10T06:32:36Z")

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Fixed per:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/4a5a2d869e5bfd84cf015e3134d02a9c5ecd6f4f](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/4a5a2d869e5bfd84cf015e3134d02a9c5ecd6f4f)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-loses-search-context/30908/6 "2015-07-10T06:32:42Z")

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