# Searching categories does not include sub forums with a parent that matches the search

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-categories-does-not-include-sub-forums-with-a-parent-that-matches-the-search/28218>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Maio 1, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-categories-does-not-include-sub-forums-with-a-parent-that-matches-the-search/28218 "2015-05-01T23:47:44Z")\
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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:** [Maio 2, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-categories-does-not-include-sub-forums-with-a-parent-that-matches-the-search/28218/2 "2015-05-02T02:30:41Z")

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It is as designed but I agree this could be better. It should also match the _description_ of the category too. I am pretty sure name search only works on username and not full name there which is also not great. Lots of non-topic/non-post search stuff could be improved.

Just not a huge priority as the vast majority of the time you are not searching for users or categories..

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