# When merging topics, allow URL in search
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 2, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212 "2021-04-02T06:11:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212/1 "2021-04-02T06:11:52Z")
I’m sometimes having a hard time finding the right topic when I need to merge - especially when users use very similar topic names (bad form, I know, but this usually only surfaces during such operations). It would be great if we could paste the topic URL into the search dialog and get the exact hit.
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### Author:  [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212/2 "2021-04-02T06:50:27Z")
I’ve thought about this so many times before, but i have never put the request into words. Thanks for doing that!
My (similar) usecase: i know the target topic for the particular posts that i want to move, and have it open in a different tab. It’s much easier to copy the target url (AltD + CtrlC) and paste it in the move modal instead of having to type the name of the post, then search through the multiple results discourse returns.
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### Author:  [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212/3 "2021-04-02T07:41:15Z")
My current work around is to edit the title of the topic I need to search for and enter a random code, then search for that code :facepalm:
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### Author:  [@Awesomeblack](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Awesomeblack)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212/4 "2021-04-02T14:31:16Z")
If I understand correctly, I think this is already possible. I only use links when merging to prevent errors, never failed me!
See here, I’m searching on URL
Dimitri
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### Author:  [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212/5 "2021-04-03T08:46:11Z")
Argh, you’re right! I don’t know why this didn’t work for me yesterday but it does now.
[@moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/moderators) can you please remove this topic?
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### Author:  [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212/6 "2021-04-03T09:44:28Z")
I would like this to be saved in some wiki related to moderation though. It’s a really useful feature!
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-merging-topics-allow-url-in-search/185212/7 "2021-04-03T13:58:07Z")