Search no longer searches Notes

Adding a +1 to @SamB3T's and mitchr suggestion that the Search function should include all fields and notes contents. Having an additional, somewhat hidden, Ctrl-Alt-F Find function is unintuitive and frankly confusing.

Also search results should display ALL results by default. While I am now used to the Ctrl-Enter command to display all matching results, my husband (non-technical user, but an engineer with a PhD) does not remember to do this.

Finally, if you do plan to keep the same search functions and return results, then at least display a message or a hover pop-up explaining the search functionality, results, etc.

Hello mitchr,

On behalf of ag_mike_d, you're most welcome.

Also thank you for the feedback on the search function.

As always, don't hesitate to contact us if you ever have any other questions - we'll be here to help.

Jermaine

Thanks again for the reminders and the link to the help file.
FWIW, I live and breathe computing and provide a ton of assistance to non-geeks. For a public-facing product, the UX for your search functionality is way too geeky. A person with average computer skill is very unlikely to remember how to use it. But they will still probably need to organize several hundred passwords.

Because I manage an organization where I need to share secure info w/developers who come and go, I've developed a habit of crafting Notes and Logins so I can use search functions to isolate them into the central panel for individual editing - so a well-crafted search functionality is a critical tool for me.

Hello again mitchr,

Thanks for getting back to us.

The search function includes results for items, tags, categories, etc., from the selected account or collection. This paired with Ctrl + Enter will Show all matching items in a list. Whereas typing a search string, populates a small dropdown with some top results. The Find function can be used to narrow your search by selecting an account, collection, category, or tag from the left sidebar.

This is discussed in the our guide, Search 1Password to find what you need.

The Find function came up empty.

Do you recall, when you preformed the Find, did you have an option selected in the left sidebar, where those items do not exist?

I hope this guide and information helps, but please let us know if you are having further troubles.

Today I searched for a simple string and the Search Bar found it in 1 Login and 2 Notes. The Find function came up empty.
What is the exact usage of the Search Bar vs the Find function? Please clarify.
Thanks.

Thanks again, Mycenius - We appreciate the feedback!

Great - Thanks ag_mike_d - will be good if that is resolved to make 'Find' fully functional (although as I posted elsewhere still feel this whole new v8 approach to Search and Find functions is somewhat counterintuitive and a little against the flow of how most other applications normally deploy these)... 🙂

Thanks for your response, Mycenius.

As mentioned it seems that a search or find (Ctrl + Alt + F) only locates items with the matching string in the item name, user name, and only the first line of a notes field. It was discovered that if the term searched for is located elsewhere in the item, (password field or further down in a note) Show all matching results Ctrl + Enter will locate the related items.

An issue has been opened internally with the Development team to investigate. We appreciate your feedback and additional testing here.

ref: dev/core/core#19185

1Pass doesn't seem to search Notes content anymore when using the search bar.

This tool does exist through the Find search option and can be used with the Ctrl + Alt + F shortcut

Actually I have found the opposite to be true FWIW - I did some testing today (before posting on this related thread: https://1password.community/discussion/comment/669472/#Comment_669472) and found Search does search the content of notes and all other fields successfully; the ctl+alt+f function (find) doesn't - it seems only capable of searching the item names and the username fields - definitely doesn't search inside secure notes, nor URL fields, nor note fields in log on items - at least on my Windows 10 Desktop App (8.9.10).

Hello mitchr,

Thanks so much for your +1. This tool does exist through the Find search option and can be used with the Ctrl + Alt + F shortcut, as mentioned above. I'm happy to pass this feedback along to the Product team for their consideration when making improvements to search functionality. 👍

ref: IDEA-I-289