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iamecho
Occasional Contributor
4 years ago

Searching by tags in individual vault

Hi - I have 7 vaults, 3 of which are shared with family members. Today I went into one of those vaults to look for something and tried searching by the specific tag I had set up for the entry. When I selected the tag, it showed me everything marked with that tag in all seven vaults, not just the vault I was in. Is there a way to use tags to search just within the vault I had selected?


1Password Version: 80600051, on BETA channel
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: mac os 12.2.1

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  • 1P_Rob's avatar
    1P_Rob
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    Any time! Glad to hear you're unstuck for now. :)

  • iamecho's avatar
    iamecho
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    1P_Rob

    Thank you for your thoughtful response! I have a workaround for now, so I am happy.

  • 1P_Rob's avatar
    1P_Rob
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    That's a good point, iamecho.

    You actually can search within a vault directly by pressing Command-F (on Mac) while a vault is selected. That will prefix your search with something like =vault:Shared.

    But I noticed that if I then try to search for a tag, the tag itself is selected in the sidebar, negating the vault search. If I don't select the tag but hit Command-Enter to show all search results, that will produce a vault search, but it isn't guaranteed to be limited to a given tag. Your search term could show up in other places like titles or notes.

    This can probably be improved (like maybe being able to search for =vault:Shared =tag:house1), and I'll raise it with the team to see what others think.

    ref: dev/core/core#13397

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    iamecho
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    1P_Tommy

    At your suggestion, I put the vault I am trying to search within into a collection by itself and I was then able to search via tags. For clarity, I have a vault set up called Appliances and within that vault I have all the info of all appliances from two different houses. My intention was to go into the Appliance vault and pick the house I wanted to find the appliance in by selecting the corresponding house tag. But, when I tried this yesterday, after selecting the tag, it then showed me every entry with that tag from all 7 vaults. I hope that makes a little more sense.

  • iamecho

    Wold a collection work for you? This is what I tried on my end. It worked for me. Perhaps you are working from a different angle; if so, please let me know more. I was also using the main app and not quick access.