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skatch's avatar
skatch
Frequent Contributor
4 years ago

Search context isn't preserved across multiple searches

When you search within a vault, then search again, your vault context is lost.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Click on a vault in the sidebar
2. Click on the search field. You'll be searching within the vault you selected.
3. Cmd+enter / show all matching items
4. Click on the search field to search again

Result: You're no longer searching within the vault you selected. I expect that after clicking on a vault, that context should stick until I change it.

Related note: the "=vault:" syntax isn't very friendly UI.


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9 Replies

  • Jack_P_1P's avatar
    Jack_P_1P
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    Hi @schester:

    Thanks for following up on this. If you'd like to search just the vault you have selected, pressing ⌘+F when you're in a vault will limit the search to just that vault. Let me know how you get on with that.

    Jack

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    I've basically had to go back to using 1Password 7 or the web interface so I can search in the specific vault. The only reason I click into a different vault is to search that one vault. If I wanted to search all, I would search when on the all vaults/accounts page.

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    Yes, I did stumble upon that feature and created a couple that group related vaults. I have over a dozen vaults and am loathe to create a collection for each individual one.

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    This is frustrating to no end. When I select a Vault then click the Search box, it says "Search in All Accounts". I don't want to search all accounts, that's why I selected a Vault!

  • Jack_P_1P's avatar
    Jack_P_1P
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    Hi @madkins:

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I've added you to the internal discussion on this.

    Jack

    ref: IDEA-I-1381

  • Former Member's avatar
    Former Member

    I just want to bump the original poster's concern. I assume it's a bug given that the standard web/app behavior is to preserve the search when results are displayed (as with this support site), but it's happened ever since upgrading to v8.
    It can just be very annoying when trying to incrementally whittle down a search, or when trying to recall exactly what obscure term I might have searched for.

    I'm on version 80703002 on macOS 12.4