# New user tutorial search for "capybara" finds nothing

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**Created:** [August 29, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-tutorial-search-for-capybara-finds-nothing/237494 "2022-08-29T16:33:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-tutorial-search-for-capybara-finds-nothing/237494/8 "2022-08-30T10:38:49Z")

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It looks like you have to explicitly select the “Search in this topic” option. I just ran through the tutorial, and when it got to that point, I searched for **“capybara”** :

 ![Starting the search](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/d/c/1dc7e5c5bcd31c4e42ff27f80c3293542339aa57.png)

…and pressed Enter:

 ![Search results after pressing Enter](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/2/1/d21b32e11adde3761c1812a0ca42a297fe2a63aa.png)

However, if I return to the search and click on the **“capybara in this topic”** option:

 ![Search just this topic](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/3/7/f379addf539e89d26d35c53c3b39eaf902752174.png)

…it works!

 ![Screenshot from 2022-08-30 11-23-28](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/d/2/0d2bed6aa5d1884266cd72aec1cbcaddbad557ba.png)

The tutorial does say (emphasis mine):

> Try searching for the term “capy​bara” **in this topic**

…but I agree that it’s not obvious. I suspect the tutorial was written while Discourse still supported “search as you type”, so the search result would appear before you even pressed return. (Also, I believe “search as you type” also searched private messages).

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