# Pressing return when searching in messages returns no results

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/pressing-return-when-searching-in-messages-returns-no-results/31949>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [2015 年8 月 10 日 12:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pressing-return-when-searching-in-messages-returns-no-results/31949 "2015-08-10T12:27:12Z")\
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作者： ![alexhartley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alexhartley/32/233168_2.png) [@alexhartley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexhartley)\
发布日期： [2015 年8 月 10 日 12:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pressing-return-when-searching-in-messages-returns-no-results/31949/1 "2015-08-10T12:27:12Z")

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If you press return during a search of private messages the search operator used is `private_messages:username` but it should be `in:private` shouldn’t it?

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