# Make search options optional

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-search-options-optional/15249>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2 Maggio 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-search-options-optional/15249 "2014-05-02T14:43:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [12 Ottobre 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-search-options-optional/15249/7 "2014-10-12T22:01:19Z")

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The main request was satisfied here: the search within user, category or topic is an explicit checkbox underneath the search (and it will be ✔ if you begin from a user page, category page, or topic page respectively, but can be unchecked).

So it should be more clear now what’s going on and you can control it.

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