# Searching for the topic/post by ID?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-for-the-topic-post-by-id/19084>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [8월 20, 2014, 9:42오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-for-the-topic-post-by-id/19084 "2014-08-20T09:42:58Z")\
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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:** [8월 22, 2014, 9:39오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-for-the-topic-post-by-id/19084/15 "2014-08-22T21:39:27Z")

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> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> I could see this being useful in some cases.
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> Perhaps search could search by id if only a plain number is used?

I am curious why “useful in some cases” necessitates overrides when the sort of advanced user that would want to enter a topic by ID, could simply edit…

`/t/2075`

… into the address bar?

I also worry about arbitrarily overriding numbers, if you type `1984` in the search, you might be searching for

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/f/1f0bb197815e17b830ad3c23f658f8832ab4ec3c.png)

Seems like a candidate for advanced search _at best_, maybe if you type `t:2075` in the search bar, it would take you there?

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