Mollyvog reported that the ability to filter searches by title, previously accessible via a checkbox in advanced filters, appeared to disappear after a recent update. awesomerobot clarified that this was not a bug but a structural change; the option is now located within the “Only return topics/posts…” dropdown menu as “matching in title only.” Moin confirmed that while the feature remains available for logged-in users in the new dropdown format, it is still missing for logged-out users, a behavior consistent with previous versions. Moin questioned why the option is restricted to logged-in users, suggesting it should be visible to visitors as well since the in:title manual syntax works for them. Mollyvog acknowledged the solution and confirmed they located the setting. awesomerobot agreed with Moin, noting there is little reason to restrict the feature, and announced that a fix to make the option available for all users is pending via pull request #38042.
The structure of advanced search options has changed a little bit, you can now find it under the “Only return topics/posts…” dropdown as “matching in title only.” This was part of an update that also allows selecting multiple options from that dropdown.
The option to search for titles is still available for logged-in users. It was moved from the separate checkbox into the dropdown below:
But it’s missing for logged-out users:
But it seems this has been the case before, too. It’s the same on a forum that is still on v3.6.0.beta1-dev. The checkbox is only visible when I am logged in
I wonder why only users who are logged in can see this option. I think it would make sense to show it for visitors, too.
Oh thank you, I found it now!
Oh thanks for noticing, doesn’t seem like there’s much reason to restrict this since in:title works manually for logged in users when typed in
Will be available soon via
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38042
